Garri
In West Africa, garri (also known as gari, galli, or gali) is a flour made from fresh, starchy cassava root.
In the Hausa language, garri can also refer to flours made from other crops, such as guinea corn, maize, rice, yam, plantain and millet. For example, garin dawa is made from guinea corn, garin masara and garin alkama originate from maize and wheat respectively, while garin magani is a powdered medicine.
Flours made from starchy crops and mixed with cold or hot water form a staple part of the diet in Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Guinea, Cameroon and Liberia.
Cassava, the root used to make garri, is rich in fiber, copper and magnesium.
Garri is similar to farinha de mandioca from Brazil, which is used in many food preparations, including farofa, particularly in the Nordeste region.
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