How To Prepare Fufu at home [Step by Step Guide]

Fufu is a very popular food in west African, It is usually made from tubers. It could be yam, cassava, cocoyam or even potatoes.

Plantain can also be used as in the case of this recipe.
In Nigeria, fufu is made from cassava and there are four stages to it.
This version here is a lot easier than the Nigerian version.
This is Ghana styled fufu – made by pounding boiled cassava tubers and plantain
You will need equal
Cassava
Plantain
Serving: 2 Persons

Preparation time: 40 minutes.

Preparation time: 40 minutes.
In Africa, we pound using a mortar and pestle. There are, however, more fancy pounding/processing machines that make the process a whole lot easier.

Step 1
Peel off the back of the plantain and cassava, chop into smaller chunks.

Step 2
Start boiling with just water, add the cassava first and cook for 15 minutes before adding the plantain.
The plantain cooks a lot quicker than the cassava, so you add the plantain after the cassava has been cooking for 15 minutes. add more water and continue cooking for another 15-20 minutes. Total cooking time should be 30-35 minutes.

Step 2
Strain and pound/mash while it is still very hot, it becomes harder to pound as it cools. You use a mortar and pestle or any heavy duty food processor.

Serve fufu and soup.