{"id":1179,"date":"2026-07-13T12:50:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T10:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/sin-categorizar\/akara\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T10:14:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T08:14:34","slug":"akara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/recipes\/akara\/","title":{"rendered":"AKARA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Akara is a delicious and much-loved snack originating from the Yoruba people of Nigeria. It is also known as Koose in Ghana and Acaraj\u00e9 in Brazil, where it has become an iconic street food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AKARA, A TRADITIONAL NIGERIAN BREAKFAST<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Nigeria, akara is commonly enjoyed for breakfast, served with a bowl of akamu (fermented corn porridge) and fresh bread. It can also be served with spicy sauce, a popular variation enjoyed across many parts of Africa and in Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">RECIPE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ingredients<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 cup beans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 chillies or habanero peppers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 medium onion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Salt, to taste<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vegetable oil or palm oil, for frying<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Blend the beans, chillies and onion until smooth. Transfer the mixture to a bowl, season with salt to taste and whisk vigorously for a few seconds to incorporate air into the batter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pour the vegetable or palm oil into a deep pot or frying pan. The oil should be about 6 cm deep, enough for the fritters to float while frying.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using a spoon, carefully scoop portions of the batter into the hot oil, shaping them into small, roughly round fritters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fry the akara until golden brown, turning them occasionally to ensure they cook evenly on both sides.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove the fritters with a slotted spoon and place them on kitchen paper to absorb any excess oil before serving.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akara is a delicious and much-loved snack originating from the Yoruba people of Nigeria. It is also known as Koose in Ghana and Acaraj\u00e9 in Brazil, where it has become an iconic street food. AKARA, A TRADITIONAL NIGERIAN BREAKFAST In Nigeria, akara is commonly enjoyed for breakfast, served with a bowl of akamu (fermented corn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","category-the-most-cooked"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AKARA - Mom Koumba<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/recipes\/akara\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AKARA - Mom Koumba\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Akara is a delicious and much-loved snack originating from the Yoruba people of Nigeria. It is also known as Koose in Ghana and Acaraj\u00e9 in Brazil, where it has become an iconic street food. AKARA, A TRADITIONAL NIGERIAN BREAKFAST In Nigeria, akara is commonly enjoyed for breakfast, served with a bowl of akamu (fermented corn [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/recipes\/akara\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mom Koumba\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-13T10:50:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-03T08:14:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/akara.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"916\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"webmaster1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"webmaster1\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/en\\\/recipes\\\/akara\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/en\\\/recipes\\\/akara\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"webmaster1\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e84aa4b9dcfb6a47ab76021c38c706a5\"},\"headline\":\"AKARA\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-13T10:50:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-03T08:14:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/en\\\/recipes\\\/akara\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":218,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/en\\\/recipes\\\/akara\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/akara.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Recipes\",\"The most cooked\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/en\\\/recipes\\\/akara\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/en\\\/recipes\\\/akara\\\/\",\"name\":\"AKARA - Mom Koumba\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/en\\\/recipes\\\/akara\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/en\\\/recipes\\\/akara\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/akara.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-13T10:50:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-03T08:14:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e84aa4b9dcfb6a47ab76021c38c706a5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/en\\\/recipes\\\/akara\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/en\\\/recipes\\\/akara\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/en\\\/recipes\\\/akara\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/akara.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/akara.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":916},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/en\\\/recipes\\\/akara\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"AKARA\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mom Koumba\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e84aa4b9dcfb6a47ab76021c38c706a5\",\"name\":\"webmaster1\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momkoumba.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/webmaster1\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"AKARA - Mom Koumba","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/recipes\/akara\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"AKARA - Mom Koumba","og_description":"Akara is a delicious and much-loved snack originating from the Yoruba people of Nigeria. It is also known as Koose in Ghana and Acaraj\u00e9 in Brazil, where it has become an iconic street food. AKARA, A TRADITIONAL NIGERIAN BREAKFAST In Nigeria, akara is commonly enjoyed for breakfast, served with a bowl of akamu (fermented corn [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/recipes\/akara\/","og_site_name":"Mom Koumba","article_published_time":"2026-07-13T10:50:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-03T08:14:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":916,"url":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/akara.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"webmaster1","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"webmaster1","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/recipes\/akara\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/recipes\/akara\/"},"author":{"name":"webmaster1","@id":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e84aa4b9dcfb6a47ab76021c38c706a5"},"headline":"AKARA","datePublished":"2026-07-13T10:50:37+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-03T08:14:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/recipes\/akara\/"},"wordCount":218,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/recipes\/akara\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/akara.jpg","articleSection":["Recipes","The most cooked"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/recipes\/akara\/","url":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/recipes\/akara\/","name":"AKARA - Mom Koumba","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/recipes\/akara\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/recipes\/akara\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/akara.jpg","datePublished":"2026-07-13T10:50:37+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-03T08:14:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e84aa4b9dcfb6a47ab76021c38c706a5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/recipes\/akara\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/recipes\/akara\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/recipes\/akara\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/akara.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/akara.jpg","width":800,"height":916},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/recipes\/akara\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Portada","item":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"AKARA"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/","name":"Mom Koumba","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e84aa4b9dcfb6a47ab76021c38c706a5","name":"webmaster1","sameAs":["https:\/\/momkoumba.com"],"url":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/author\/webmaster1\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1179"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1458,"href":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179\/revisions\/1458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momkoumba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}