How To Make Cassava Fufu Food – Cassava Fufu Recipe

Cassava is a staple African ingredient used in the preparation of several meals in typical African settings.

In the same vein, fufu is a by product of cassava and it is a popular swallow food in West Africa.

This blog post is about how to make fufu with Cassava only. The reason why cassava is specifically mentioned is because fufu can also be prepared with a mixture of other ingredients such as plantain, corn and many more.

Traditional Nigerian fufu is made from cassava preferably fermented cassava. Although in a bid to make cooking easy, it can also be prepared with cassava flour.

To make Nigerian fufu, only two ingredients are needed and they listed below.

Ingredients

Cassava dough or fermented cassava
Water

How to make fufu from cassava at home.

Wash your hands throroughly because your hands will be needed for this fufu recipe.
Get a big bowl.
Put the required quantity of cassava dough in the bowl.
Gradually add clean water the the cassava dough while mixing at the same time.
Mix well till a semi thick paste is formed then set aside.
Place a clean pot on the cooker
Pour 1 1/2 cups of water into the pot
Cover the pot to allow the water boil
Turn down the heat when it starts boiling
Gently pour the cassava paste into the hot water while mixing immediately with the wooden spatula also known as omorogun or turning stick
Continue this process till all the paste has been poured into the pot.
Now mix very well to ensure that it all combines together and thickens well.
After everything come together, use a spoon to scrape the fufu attached to the omorogun into the pot.
Add 1/2 cup of water to the sides making sure that te water gets to the botttom of tthe pot. – (more water can be used depending on the quantity of the fufu being prepared)
This is necessary to ensurre that the fufu is properly cooked.
Cover the pot with a fitted lid and allow the fufu cook for 1-2 minutes on low heat.
Mix well to combine well after cooking for the required minutes.
It is advisable that fufu be stirred well for up to 3 – 5 minutes.

Cassava fufu is ready to be enjoyed with any soup of choice.

How to eat fufu

The major way to eat fufu is by combining it with any soup of your choice.

Here are some suggested soup options.

Fufu and Marugbo Soup Recipe || Obe Eweta || Ikale Black Soup
Afang soup and fufu
fufu and okro Soup
Banga soup and fufu
fufu and ogbono soup

Attached below is a free video tutorial of this recipe.

In case you are not ready to eat the your food immediately, below listed are the steps to ensure that it is well wrapped and made presentable.

How To Wrap Fufu Properly

To do this the following are needed.

A clean spoon
1 small bowl
1 small bowl fill with water
1 tablespoon cooking oil
1 cling film or banana leaves or moi moi leaves

The steps to follow to achieve a well wrapped fufu that looks presentable and enticing are as follows.

Place a small clean bowl on a flat surface
Tear the requied size of cling film and place it in the bowl
Pour 1 tbsp cooikg oil into a small bbowl of water – this will help the fufu slide off the spoon easily
Dip the serving spoon into the bowl of water with little oil to make the spoon slightly wet
Use the wet spoon to scoop the required quantity of fufu into the cling film
Gently wrap the film over the fufu, ensuring that it is well covered.
Repeat this process till everything is properly wrapped.