Nansala Sensay

So, one day I made banana-peanut butter pancakes. I made too much so I brought them to my neighbors and let them have the extra pancakes. In Ghana, they don't really make pancakes; the closest food to pancakes they have here is something called sensay. It is shea butter (a local butter), flour, and water. They fry it and then you put cooked leaves on it. So, it's kind of like pancakes, but not really.

Well, my neighbors loved the pancakes. They called them "nansala sensay". Nansala means white person in Dagaare, so in the local language they are calling the pancakes "white man's pancakes". So, people started asking me about the nansala sensay that they heard about. So I made another batch for some Ghanaians. Then more people asked. So the other day I taught a Ghanaian woman how to make them. Now she is making them for a lot of people. And then today, a Ghanaian friend of mine said that someone asked her if she knew how to make the nansala sensay, because she was my friend. So, now I am going to teach her how to make them so she can sell them at market.

I introduced pancakes to Lawra. I really am amazing!

Take care,

Adam