fufu
nounUK /ˈfuːˌfuː/ · US /ˈfuˌfu/
Etymology From West African languages, such as Lingala fufú (“white-white”).
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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, and sometimes sold in dry powdered or granulated form.
- Africans generally serve highly seasoned stews with a starch - corn, millet, yams, cassava or rice - which they mash and whip to a paste, called fufu in West Africa. This is topped with a sauce known as palava.[1987 July 29, Steven Barboza, “Culinary Delights of Africa Reflect a Continent's Diversity”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- “I want some real food,” Binta angrily said. “Like fufu and egusi soup.”2018, Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death, HarperVoyager, page 192: