Pounded yam
Pounded yam, from above
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Pounded yam

Boiled yam pounded smooth and stretchy. The king of West African swallows.

50 minTime
5 gProtein each
mildSpice
Iyan2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayBoiled yam, pounded in a mortar until stretchy.
The original
354kcalsame
5 gproteinsame
12 gfibresame
50minutessame

Classic pounded yam.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
White yam (white african yam)1 medium tuber puna yam, about 1.2 kg peeled
Waterfor boiling
Salta pinch, optional

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Peel the yam, cut into chunks and rinse.
  2. 2Boil until a knife slides through easily.
  3. 3Pound hot in a mortar, or blitz in a stand mixer with a dough hook, adding a splash of hot cooking water.
  4. 4Shape into smooth balls with wet hands and wrap to keep warm.
Serve it like this

Serve smooth balls wrapped in cling or leaves beside a bowl of soup. Pinch, dip and eat with the right hand.

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To drink Zobo40 min
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