Garri

Also called gari and gali

Garri is a crisp, dried flour made from fermented cassava root. Cooks deep-fry it or use it to thicken dishes, and pair it with sugar, peanuts, honey, beans, or palm oil.

Plant-based
Gluten-free
No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Grains, flours & pasta
Made from: Cassava root
Part used: Root
Texture: Crisp
Cooked most in: Africa
Top country: Benin
Dishes: 1 in the catalogue

Photo: Hadeou Jacob · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use garri

Typical ways to cook or use it

Deep fry
Thicken

Preparing it

For eba, soak garri in hot water, then knead it into a dough. Garri can also be soaked in cold water for a snack or light meal.

Goes well with

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture, dried

Crisp

Shopping

Choosing and storing garri

Choosing a good one

Look for crisp grains as a sign of freshness.

On the table

Dishes made with garri

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

Eba
Benin, Nigeria, Togo

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include garri.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: garri in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin: No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: None

Family

Related forms

Made from: cassava root (fermented)

Around the world

What garri is called

Names in 21 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
Garri
French
Gari
Italian
garri
German
Gari · Garri
Dutch
Garri
Polish
Garri
Chinese
加里薯
Japanese
ガリ (キャッサバ)
Korean
가리
Swahili
garri(eba) · gari · garry · gali
Yoruba
Eba
Hausa
Garri

Show all 21 languages

dag
gaari
dga
gaarii
Ewe
Gali
Fon
Galí
Frafra
Garri · Gali, gari
Igbo
Garri · Gari · galli · gali
Javanese
Garri
kus
Garri · Gari · Garɛ
Ukrainian
Гаррі

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q1494252

Photos

Photo: Hadeou Jacob · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons