adsAkara Elepo is a Yoruba term that translate in English to Bean cake fried in palm oil.
It was a great delight to see Adetokunbo Deborah pen down this writeup as we take a swipe at Akara elepo.
Akara Elepo is Akara fried with palmoil.
It is a beans blended in a rich, creamy, smoky, deeply reddish manner, that imparts a crunchy texture outside with a soft flavour centre.
It is pertinent to note that the regular Akara is fried with groundnut oil but Akara Elepo relies on palm oil, which gives it a distinct flavour from the taste of regular vegetable oiladsads
