Omo tuo

{{Short description|Ghanaian staple food made with rice}}

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| name = Omo Tuo

| image = Omo Tuo at a Ghanaian restaurant in Colorado.jpg

| caption = Balls of Omo Tuo

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| country = Ghana

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| course = Pepper, Stew, Soup

| served = Hot

| main_ingredient = Rice, salt and water

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File:Omo tuo with groundnut soup and meat.jpg

Omo tuo ({{langx|tw|ɛmo tuo}}; "rice balls") is a Ghanaian staple food made with rice. Mostly, "broken rice" or long grain rice broken into smaller pieces is used. It is a Ghanaian version of the Nigerian Hausa staple Tuwon Shinkafa, which provides the name “Tuwo” used in this dish and in “Tuwo Zaafi”, another popular Ghanaian dish with Hausa origins. The rice is usually cooked with more water than usual{{Clarify|reason=|date=February 2020}} to make it softer. It is then beaten to make it smooth, after which it is shaped into sizable balls.{{cite web | url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/food/rice.html | title=Ghana Food Rice | publisher=ghanaweb.com | accessdate=4 October 2014}} In Ghana, it is usually served with soup made of groundnut or palmnut. In Nigeria, it may accompany miyan kuka (dried okra and baobab leaf soup).{{Cite web|url=https://www.196flavors.com/ghana-omo-tuo/|title=Ghana: Omo Tuo|date=2019-06-29|website=196 flavors|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-31}}