fufu
Noun
Meaning
fufu (uncountable)
A dish of boiled, mashed cassava mixed with plantain, yams, or other starchy vegetables, common as food in West and Equatorial Africa and the Caribbean. Sold in speciality stores (US) in dry powdered or granulated form.
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Examples
Fufu is made from raw cassava and green plantain cooked together after peeling the back.
It is made in a similar fashion as the Cuban fufu, but is pounded, and has a thick paste, putty-like texture which is then formed into a ball.
Cassava can be processed into different products like garri flour, fufu, tapioca, ethanol, chips, starch, glucose syrup, etc. All these products are in high demand locally and possess significant export potentials.
Using their right hands, they dip three fingers into the starchy food, often fufu or a millet dish, and use it to take some stews or sauces at meal.
Do Indians really know about 'child-father, que-que, bambye, fufu'; and do Blacks understand simple Hindi and Arabic terms commonly used in the Guyanese household?
I di want drink my mimbo…I di want chop small fufu…I di want dish my small………….