How to Make Gari: Step by Step
Watch my YouTube video on how to make cassava dough for banku and gari. The videos are simple and easy to learn.
You can start to process your own cassava dough for banku and gari after watching these videos. You will also learn how to make gari for yourself and your household.
- Harvest or buy cassava from the market
- Peel the cassava
- Wash to remove dirt
- You can soak for a day if you don’t have time to grate the same day
- Pour the water and add fresh water if you couldn’t grind the next day (keeping it for long will cause it to rot and ferment, hence, giving your dough bad scent)
- Grate for about 2 times
- Pour in a clean sack which can pass liquid
- Place on a flat surface e.g., flat stone and cover it with other flat stone to drain the liquid
- Keep under the stone for two to three days depending on the temperature
- If it is dried, remove and place into a clean container
- Now your cassava dough is ready for preparing gari
- Put a frying tray or frying pan on fire for 5 – 10 minutes to keep it warm
- Fetch a bit by bit into the iron pan or frying pan and use the stirrer to mix the cassava dough
- Fry for 30-40 minutes
- It will change color to creamy color
Mill cassava the same day you peel it (recommended).
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