# Red red

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**Red red** is a [Ghanaian dish](/source/Ghanaian_dish) composed of [black-eyed peas](/source/Black-eyed_peas), cooked in [palm oil](/source/Palm_oil) or other vegetable oil with [plantain](/source/Plantain_(cooking)).[1] The dish derives its name from the red color it takes on from the red palm oil (*zomi*) and the fried plantain. Red red typically consists of fish such as tinned [mackerel](/source/Mackerel_as_food) or [pilchards](/source/Sardines_as_food), black-eyed peas, [Scotch bonnet](/source/Scotch_bonnet) peppers, onions, oil and tomatoes.[2][3] It is commonly known in [Ghana](/source/Ghana) as "*Yɔ kɛ Gari*. Though often served with fish, red red can also be [vegetarian](/source/Vegetarianism).[4] It can be served with fried plantain, avocado, and rice or [garri](/source/Garri) for a complete meal.[5]

## Ingredients

- 250 grams dry black eyed beans

- 2,5 dl palm oil (the red type)

- 4 red onions, medium sized

- 1 small box tomato paste

- 1-2 red chili

- 2-3 cm fresh ginger

- 3 cloves of garlic

- 5 tomatoes

- 2-3 dl water

- 2-3 ts salt

- pinch of sugar[3]

## See also

- [Ghanaian cuisine](/source/Ghanaian_cuisine)

## References

1. Steven J. Salm & Toyin Falola (1 January 2002). [*Culture and Customs of Ghana*](https://archive.org/details/culturecustomsof00salm). Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. [109](https://archive.org/details/culturecustomsof00salm/page/109)–. ISBN 978-0-313-32050-7.

1. Lonely Planet (1 September 2014). [*Food Lover's Guide to the World: Experience the Great Global Cuisines*](https://books.google.com/books?id=S0CEBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT375). Lonely Planet Publications. pp. 375–. ISBN 978-1-74360-581-3.

1. ["Ghanaian recipe: red-red"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190504221229/https://tasteofslow.com/ghanaian-recipe-red-red/). Archived from [the original](https://tasteofslow.com/ghanaian-recipe-red-red/) on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2019-05-04.

1. ["How to prepare vegetarian Red Red"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200606142709/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/food/How-to-prepare-vegeterian-Red-Red-605655). *Ghana Web*. 1 December 2017. Archived from [the original](https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/food/How-to-prepare-vegeterian-Red-Red-605655) on 6 June 2020.

1. ["Akosua Konadu Yiadom writes: 30 nutritional benefits of 'red red'"](https://citinewsroom.com/2019/10/nutritionist-akosua-writes-30-solid-benefits-of-red-red/). *Citinewsroom*. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-06-06.

## External links

- [Video:The perfect red red recipe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDe9cHpux00)

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