Garri nutrients and food made from garri



                          Photo: GARRI

Garri adds a lot of health benefits to human health which is not just limited to giving energy to the body. There are some other important nutrition it contains that surprisingly adds benefits to health and lifestyle which many people may never have come across.



Garri has many nutritional contents. The minerals and vitamins contained in garri and other cassava derivatives like flour, abacha etc., are not limited to iron, manganese, calcium, sodium, magnesium, thiamin, copper, ascorbic acid, zinc, vitamin A and potassium.  It also contains dietary fibre, protein, lipids, and more. 
FOOD MADE FROM GARRI
1: Garri soaked with water, milk and groundnuts 



2: Garri cookies with kuli (groundnut cookies) 

3: Garri cake

4: Garri served as eba with suop


Soaked Garri ‘cereal’ is definitely a must try for anyone visiting Nigeria for the first time but if you don’t intend visiting Nigeria soon, this recipe will take you on an amazing Journey to my home country. Please join me 😊

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