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A Plate of Pounded Yam

Fufu (pounded yam or cassava) is a food dish which first came from West Africa, but is enjoyed by many people across the world. Its taste somewhat resembles that of mashed potatoes with butter.

Preparation

Pieces of boiled cassava or other tubers are pounded together in a giant wooden mortar using a wooden pestle. In between blows from the pestle, the mixture is turned by hand and water gradually added till it becomes slurry and sticky. The mixture is then formed into a ball or a rounded slab and served. With the invention of the Fufu Machine preparation has become much less labour-intensive.

  • Wooden Pestle and Mortar

    Wooden pestle and mortar for pounding fufu

  • Fufu Machine used by a food vendor

    Fufu machine used by a food vendor

Images for kids

  • Pounding of fufu

    Pounding of fufu in Ghana

  • Fufu

    A plate of fufu (right) accompanied by peanut soup

  • Fufu-palmnutsoup

    Fufu (left) and palm nut soup (right)

  • Foufou

    Fufu

  • Nigerian Food Fufu

    Nigerian food: fufu being sold on the street in Lagos

  • Wrapped fufu

    Wrapped fufu

  • Preparing the fufu

    Preparing fufu in Togo

  • Pounded fufu 2

    Pounded fufu

  • Fufu with no soap

    Fufu from Ghana

  • Fufu, A typical Ghanaian cuisine

    Ghanaian fufu with light soup and goat meat and smoked fish

See also

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