Kuli-kuli is a Hausa

Hausa people

The Hausa are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa. They are a Sahelian people chiefly located in northern Nigeria and southeastern Niger, but having significant numbers living in regions of Cameroon, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Chad and Sudan...

 food that is primarily made from peanuts

Peanuts

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. It is a popular snack

Snack

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 in Ghana

Ghana

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 and Nigeria

Nigeria

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. It is often eaten alone or with a mixture of garri, sugar and water popularly called "garri soakings". It is also eaten with kooko,fula, kamu; and is sometimes ground and put into salad

Salad

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To make Kuli-kuli, peanuts are roasted and then ground into a paste. The paste is then mixed with spice

Spice

A spice is a dried seed, fruit, root, bark, or vegetative substance used in nutritionally insignificant quantities as a food additive for flavor, color, or as a preservative that kills harmful bacteria or prevents their growth. It may be used to flavour a dish or to hide other flavours...

s, salt

Salt

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, and sometimes ground pepper

Black pepper

Black pepper is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit, known as a peppercorn when dried, is approximately in diameter, dark red when fully mature, and, like all drupes, contains a single seed...

. The paste is stripped of excess oil with water, and made into the desired shape (round balls, cylinders, etc.). The oil removed in this process is then heated and used to fry

Fry

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the shaped peanut paste until it solidifies. It is then removed from the oil and allowed to cool down until ready to be eaten.