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🇹🇬Togo

Ablo

Rice or corn flour beignets; steamed then sometimes fried; small, round, slightly sweet; a popular street food; served with sauce or as a snack.

🇬🇭Ghana

Akara

Àkàrà

Peeled black-eyed beans ground with onion and pepper, whipped until airy and deep-fried in balls, eaten hot for breakfast with pap or bread.

🇹🇬Togo

Alloco

Ripe plantain cut into thick slices and fried in red palm oil until the sugars catch, served with raw onion and a chilli sauce.

🇧🇯Benin

Kluiklui

A Beninese peanut cake made from pressed groundnut paste, shaped into coils or flat cakes and fried until crisp.

🇬🇭Ghana

Kuli Kuli

Groundnut paste with the oil pressed out, spiced and deep-fried into hard rings or sticks, eaten alone or crumbled over other food.

🇳🇬Nigeria

Puff Puff

Balls of sweetened yeast batter dropped into hot oil by hand and fried until deep brown and hollow inside.

🇧🇯Benin

Talé-Talé

Ripe banana fritters with flour; a sweet afternoon snack; crispy outside, soft within; sold at street stalls across Benin; a popular children's snack.

🇧🇯Benin

Tévi

Fried yam slices; a popular street food across Benin; crispy outside, tender inside; sold in paper cones with pili-pili; a cheap, filling snack.

🇧🇯Benin

Wèli

Fried sweet potato slices; a popular street food across Benin; crispy outside, sweet and tender inside; sold in paper cones; a cheap, filling snack.

🇧🇯Benin

Yovo Doko

Sweet wheat flour beignets (puff-puff style); 'white beignets' in Fon; deep-fried dough balls with yeast, sugar, and salt; a popular Beninese street snack.