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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 ...
Traditionally, fufu is still made by hand, the old-fashioned way, with a mortar and pestle — a woman’s quick, agile hands whipping and turning the mixture, gradually adding water with one hand ...
A stew made with finely sliced Gnetum africanum (eru) leaves cooked with waterleaf and red palm oil. Usually eaten with waterfufu, a type of fufu made from fermented cassava. Ewa Agoyin: Nigeria: A Yoruba dish of mashed beans and dark roughly ground Ata gun-gun agoyin sauce . Feijoada: Southern Africa: A stew of beans, beef, and pork. Felfla ...
A plate of fufu accompanied with peanut soup. Fufu is usually made from cassava, yams, and sometimes combined with cocoyam, plantains, cornmeal, or oatmeal. [5] In Ghana, fufu is mostly made from boiled cassava and unripe plantain beaten together, as well as from cocoyam. Currently, these products have been made into powder/flour and can be ...
Fufu, or cassava bread, is made in Africa by first pounding cassava in a mortar to make flour, which is then sifted before being put in hot water to become fufu. The image shows fufu being prepared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Akpụ is made from the starchy cassava-root flour.
When eaten, the fufu is rolled into golf-ball-sized balls and dipped into the spicy stew; often an indentation is made with the thumb in order to bring up a thimbleful of sauce. [citation needed] A type of fermented bread, kwanga or chikwangue, made from cassava, is commercially produced throughout the country.
Fufu (left) and palm nut soup (right). Ablo, a maize-based food. Togolese style is often a combination of African, French, and German influences. [2] [4] The cuisine has many sauces and different types of pâté, many of which are made from eggplant, tomato, spinach, and fish. [2]
Locally made ampesie (plantain and garden eggs stew) Ampesie—boiled yam. It may also be made with plantains, cocoyams, potatoes, yams or cassava. This side dish is traditionally eaten with fish stew containing tomatoes, oil, and spices. Yam fufu—fufu made with yam instead of cassava, plantains, or cocoyam—is traditionally eaten with ...