pounded yam
Stretchy African staple
Pounded yam is a starchy West African dish made by boiling yam and pounding it until smooth and stretchy, similar to mashed potatoes but denser and more elastic.
It's traditionally prepared with a mortar and pestle, though modern cooks often use machines.
Pounded yam is typically served as a side dish, torn into pieces and used to scoop up soups and stews: We had pounded yam with egusi soup.
- fufuPounded starch staple
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
- pestleBowl's crushing companion
- NigerianFrom Lagos's country
- swallowSend down the throat
starchy · dough · stretchy · smooth · lump · cassava · soup · mound · sticky · wooden · rhythm · thump · West African · pepper soup · palm oil · meal · family meal · traditional
- NigeriaAbuja, Lagos, Independence Day, National Assembly, Niger River
- African foodjollof rice, fufu, jollof, masa, shakshouka
- West African culturekente cloth, fufu, voodoo, griots, talking drums
- yam dishes
- pounded/mashed foodsmashed potatoes, guacamole, hummus, fufu, poi
- Yoruba Wordsorisha, baba, aso oke, fufu, dodo
pounded yamrice
Staple cereal grain
couscous · fried rice · dry rice · jollof rice · yam fries
pounded yammashed potatoes
Pulverized cooked tubers
bread · pasta · polenta · noodles · white rice