Fufu

fufu

dish, swallow, West African cuisine

Part of	African cuisine
Country	Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Togo, Benin
Country of origin	Ghana
Used by	eating

Fufu (anaa fufuo, foofoo, foufou) be pounded chow wey dey West African cuisine insyd.^[1][2] Ebe Twi word wey de komot from de Akans wey dey Ghana. Dem expand de word so say ego include several variations of de pounded chow wey dey in oda African countries wey dey include Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, de Democratic Republic of the Congo, de Central African Republic, de Republic of the Congo, Angola plus Gabon.^[3]

De main ingredient dem de take do de fufu be boiled cassava, plantains den Cocoyam, yams (Ghana), but dem get different ways wey dem dey do am for oda West African countries; every country biaa get ein unique way dem dey make am. For Ghana, Ivory Coast den Liberia insyd, dem dey use de method of separately mixing plus pounding equal portions of boiled cassava plus green plantain anaa cocoyam, anaa dem dey mix cassava/plantains anaa cocoyam flour plus water den dem go stir am for stove top. For ein thickness, de person wey dey prepare am go adjust am how edey like am den dem go chop am plus broth-like soups. For Nigeria insyd, dem dey make de fufu (akpu) from fermented cassava p3, wey dey give am ein unique thickness compared to de ones dem get for oda West African countries wey dem dey chop plus variety of soups wey get vegetables den bunch beef den fish.^[4]

Names[edit | edit source]

• Angola: funge, fúngi
• Benin: santana, foufou
• Cameroon: couscous, couscous de manioc
• Central African Republic: foufou
• Congo-Kinshasa and Congo-Brazzaville: fufú, moteke, luku
• Gabon: foufou
• Ghana: fufu, fufuo, sakɔro
• Guinea: foufou
• Haiti: tomtom
• Ivory Coast: foutou, foufou
• Liberia: fufu
• Mozambique: sadja, sadza, xima
• Nigeria: fufu, akpụ, ụtara, loi-loi, swallow
• Sierra Leone: foofoo
• Togo: foufou

Gallery[edit | edit source]

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  Familydey chop fufu
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  Plate of fufu (right) accompany by peanut soup
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  Fufu (left) den palm nut soup (right)
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  Fufu
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  Nigerian food: fufu wey dem dey sell for de street insyd Lagos
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  Fufu dem wrap
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  Dem dey prepare fufu insyd Togo
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  Wooden pestle den mortar for pounding fufu
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  Fufu machine food vendor dey use
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  fufu dem pound
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  Fufu from Ghana
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  Ghanaian fufu plus light soup, goat meat, den smoked fish
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  Fufu den light soup insyd asanka

References[edit | edit source]

1. ↑ Ukegbu, Kavachi Michelle (2021). The art of fufu : a guide to the culture and flavors of a West African tradition. Grubido. Austin, Texas. ISBN 978-1-62634-596-6. OCLC 1241244901.
2. ↑ "5 Popular Swallows Eaten By Ghanaians". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
3. ↑ Victoria, Akinola (2022-04-24). "5 Nigerian meals that have similar versions across African countries". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
4. ↑ Nweke, Felix I. "THE CASSAVA TRANSFORMATION IN AFRICA". United Nations. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

• Miller, Brandi Simpson (2022). Food and Identity in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Ghana: Food, Fights, and Regionalism. Springer Nature. ISBN 9783030884031.

External links[edit | edit source]

• "Ghana's cooks take to fast fufu". BBC News. 2006-05-29. Retrieved August 5, 2008. Microwavable instant fufu.