Kuli-kuli
Nigerian snack that is made from dry roasted peanuts/groundnuts
Kuli-kuli is a Nigerian snack primarily made from peanuts, first made by the Nupe people of Nigeria. It is a popular snack in Nigeria, Benin, northern Cameroon and Ghana. Today kuli-kuli is accepted across the globe. It is often eaten alone or with a mixture of garri also known as cassava flakes, sugar and water, popularly called "garri soakings". It is also eaten with Hausa koko, fura, and akamu, and is sometimes ground and put into salad. It is often ground and used as an ingredient for suya and kilishi.
Kuli-kuli is a byproduct of processing raw peanuts into peanut oil.
Ghanaian kuli-kuli
Kuli-kuli is a common crispy snack in Ghana and many other parts of West Africa. The ingredients and shapes used are not universal. In the northern part of the country, especially among the Dagbon people, kuli-kuli is made from the residue from groundnuts during the extraction of groundnut oil.
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