foufou
foufou is the alternative form of fufu.
Meaning of fufu
Noun
fufu (uncountable)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- choke-me
Forms of foufou
| plural | foufous |
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Questions about foufou
- What is foufou the alternative form of?
- Foufou is the alternative form of fufu.
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