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Fufu (or fufuo, foofoo, foufou / ˈ f u ˌ f u / foo-foo listen ⓘ) is a pounded meal found in West African cuisine. [1] [2] It is a Twi word that originates from the Akans in Ghana.The word has been expanded to include several variations of the pounded meal found in other African countries including Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the ...
Process of garri making . To make garri flour, cassava tubers are uprooted, peeled, washed and grated or crushed to produce a mash. The mash can be mixed with palm oil and placed in a porous bag, which is then placed in an adjustable press machine or iron presser for 1–24 hours to remove excess water.
A meal consisting of steamed green banana (or plantain) and is one of the national dishes of Uganda. Mbongo Tchobi: Cameroon: A black soup made from the burnt mbongo spice, usually cooked with meat or fish and served with steamed ripe plantains. Méchoui: North Africa, Cameroon: A whole sheep or a lamb spit roasted on a barbecue.
Fundamentally, fufu refers to the slightly sour, spongy dough made from boiled and pounded starchy food crops like plantains, cassava and yams — or a combination of two or more — in a very ...
Gari and beans is a type of dish made of staple foods in Ghana. It is usually common in the southern parts of Ghana popularly called 'gobɛ , [ 1 ] yo ke gari and even red red. [ 2 ]
Fufu—pounded cassava and plantains; pounded yam and plantain, or pounded cocoyam/taro. This side dish is always accompanied by one of the many varieties of Ghanaian soups. Gari is made from cassava. Often served with red red, a fish and black-eyed pea stew, or shito and fish.
Ripe and green plantains together is the most popular choice. The trifongo is any combination of three starches fried and mashed together. Most popular is cassava with green and ripe plantains, but batata and breadfruit may be used. Mofongo stuffed with shrimp (camarón in Spanish) is called camarofongo.
Nigerians also make "eba", "gari" and "fufu" from dried, grated cassava flour and similar accompanying dishes such as "efo-riro" (made from spinach leaves) or egusi" (made with grounded melon seeds) soup. An alcoholic drink called gifiti is commonly made at home; it is rum-based bitters, made by soaking roots and herbs.