Hausa Koko is Ghana’s most popular street breakfast. Between 5am and 11am, you will find it at almost every junction, and it is for everyone, regardless of class or age.
Dishout brings that nostalgic Ghanaian junction feeling to you. Hausa Koko is tangy, peppery, and warming, made from fermented millet and spiced with ginger, grains of selim, cloves, and pepper and topped with sugar, peanuts, or milk. A morning bowl of Koko feels like home.
Bofrot is deep-fried, yeasted dough, crisp on the outside and soft inside, with a slight sweetness. In Nigeria, the same dough is called Puff Puff. Across Ghana, you find it everywhere, from roadside breakfast spots and school canteens to bakeries and busy market centres.
If Koko is the president of Ghanaian street breakfast, Bofrot is the first lady. The two are almost always ordered together. Some people dip the Bofrot into the porridge. Others take a bite of one and a sip of the other. There is no wrong way.
Koose is a spicy fried bean cake made from black-eyed peas, blended with onion and pepper and fried until golden and crispy on the outside with a soft centre. In Nigeria the same fritter is called Akara, and a version of it travelled as far as Brazil centuries ago. For breakfast, Koose is paired with Hausa Koko. It also goes into bread, a combination known simply as Koose Bread, for those who want something to hold in one hand on the way out.
Tea bread, wheat bread, butter bread, and rolls have long been part of the Ghanaian morning. Paired with eggs, sardines, or simply eaten with butter, bread is how many Ghanaians round out their Hausa Koko breakfast when they want something beyond Bofrot or Koose.
Home Fresh Bakery in the Bronx makes the full lineup, along with their own Hausa Koko and Bofrot.
Pinkaso is less common than Bofrot, but for many Ghanaians, particularly those who grew up in northern Ghanaian and Hausa communities, it brings back memories of childhood mornings and family breakfasts. It is light, crunchy, and spiced, made with onion and pepper folded into the batter before frying. Savoury, where Bofrot is sweet, is Koko’s other traditional companion.
On Dishout, Accra Restaurant and Galagala in the Bronx are currently the only stores serving it.
• Accra Restaurant (Bronx): Hausa Koko, Bofrot, Koose, and Pinkaso
• Home Fresh Bakery (Bronx): Hausa Koko, Bofrot, and the full bread lineup, including rolls
• The Point Restaurant (Bronx): Hausa Koko, Bofrot, and Koose
• Aunty Lizzy’s Oseikrom Restaurant (Worcester): Hausa Koko and Bofrot
• Mama G. African Kitchen: Hausa Koko and Bofrot
• Accra Express (Harlem): Hausa Koko and Bofrot
• Papaye Restaurant (Bronx): Bofrot
Or search for any of these dishes using the global search feature on the new Dishout app and order from a store near you.
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