Why cassava could be a way to keep food costs down.

 

                 Why cassava could be a way to keep food costs down.

There are two main root vegetables in West Africa - cassava and yam. Cassava is available all year round, it is cheap and is known, or to put it correctly, was known as food for the poor. 

         Why cassava could be a way to keep food costs down.

 The other popular one is yam, which Nigerian author Chinua Achebe famously described as "the king of crops". The yam harvest is awaited eagerly. Indeed, special rites are performed before the new yam can be eaten, and we put on our finest clothes to celebrate the vegetable. Cassava is, at best, everyday food and used to be the regular fare of the poor and servants.

 

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Garri from cassava can replace wheat and can be used for bread.

 I note that President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda is urging his people to turn to a diet of cassava as an antidote to the rocketing price of wheat during the current worldwide cost of living crisis. "If there is no bread, eat muwogo [cassava]," he said.

Bread prices to rise in Nigeria: Garri to the rescue

As predicted some months ago,wheat value chain disruptions due to the Russian-Ukraine war has started. In an earlier post, i talked about how the Russian-Ukraine war affects you and analysed the situation as well as suggested or canvassed for the use of garri to replace wheat.

 Garri made from fermentation and frying of cassava has a lot of benefits that promotes wellness and healthy lifestyle. Garri is a fermented food thus promotes gut health, see more here. Garri can be used to make bread and it can serve as a replacement or substitute for wheat. 

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  Echbee foods an indigenous company is using yellow garri to make bread, biscuit, cookies, cakes ,cereals, finger foods and other wholesome food. The garri bread comes in different varieties: the burger , the sardine, the chocolate and peanut.

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Look at some of our garri bread varieties. 

Garri burger bread.

Garri brown bread.

Garri chocolate bread.
See more garri products here

How to make burger bread with garri.

How to make bread with garri.

This burger bread is made from garri, the yellow garri.