Pounded Yam is one of the Nigerian fufu
recipes that is eaten with the various Nigeriansoup recipes.



The most popular
combinations are Pounded Yam with Egusi
Soup, Pounded Yam with Nsala or White
Soup and many more.

Pounded Yam is the most stretchy of all the
Nigerian fufu recipes that is if it is well
prepared. It has the softness of semolina
fufu hence it is not as hard as cassava fufu.
Pounded Yam can be prepared by stirring
yam flour in hot water but those who have
eaten the one made from scratch with raw
yams will tell you that the yam powder
method does not do the pounded yam good
justice.
To prepare pounded yam from scratch, you
simply cook white yam and pound the yam
pieces with a mortar and pestle when done.
Sounds easy, doesn't it?
Not really.
There are a few tricks to making the perfect
stretchy Pounded Yam from raw yams and it

making mashed potatoes in the name of
pounded yam will stop right here.