COPPERFufu recipe
Boiled cassava and plantain pounded together into a smooth, stretchy dough, pinched off by hand to scoop up soups and sauces.
Ingredients
- 500 g cassava
- 300 g plantains
- 1000 ml water
- 1 tsp salt
How to make Fufu
- Peel and cut 500 g of cassava into evenly-sized chunks.
- Peel and cut 300 g of plantains into evenly-sized chunks.
- In a large pot, combine cassava and plantain chunks with enough salted water to cover, and bring to a boil.
- Boil for about 20 minutes over medium heat until the cassava and plantain are tender and easily pierced by a fork.
- Drain the cooked cassava and plantains using a colander to remove excess water.
- Using a potato masher or fork, mash the cassava and plantains together until smooth and free of lumps.
- Knead the mixture in the pot for about 5 minutes until it becomes stretchy and elastic.
- Shape the fufu into balls or place in a serving bowl, and serve warm alongside your favorite soup.
What is Fufu?
Fufu is a traditional dish from Equatorial Guinea, boiled, and takes about 35 minutes from start to finish. It is built around cassava and plantains. The recipe below uses 4 ingredients and is written out step by step.
How long does Fufu take?
At 35 minutes it is quicker than 92% of the 586 dishes in Copper's atlas. Copper's atlas has 15 dishes built on cassava. The method runs to 8 steps, the longest being 20 minutes.
Any tips for making Fufu?
Mash the cassava and plantain until free of lumps, then knead the mixture in the pot until it turns stretchy and elastic.
How Fufu compares
Plantains appears in no other dish in the atlas.
Cooked with the same thing elsewhere
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- Poulet dg 🇨🇲 Cameroon
- Bandeja paisa 🇨🇴 Colombia
- Casado 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
- Metemgee 🇬🇾 Guyana
- Plato tipico 🇭🇳 Honduras
Copper documents Equatorial Guinea alongside 197 other countries. Every recipe is free to read, with the full ingredient list and every step.