Processing of akpu/fufu. How to cook Nigerian Cassava Fufu/Akpu/Loi Loi. Fufu processing in nigeria (cassava flour). Fufu is traditionally processed on a household-scale and has not been industrialised.
How to Cook Fufu/Akpu • If frozen, allow to thaw • Pour Fufu Delight.
Process Cassava Fufu from Cassava Tubers (Yuca)
Fufu (or foofoo, fufuo, foufou) is a staple food common in many countries in West Africa and Central Africa such as Ghana, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire, Benin, Togo, Nigeria.
You can Have Processing of akpu/fufu using 4 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Processing of akpu/fufu
- What You needis of Cassava.
- Lets Go Prepare of Cutlass.
- It's of Morta and pestle.
- What You needis of Pot.
Fufu and Akpu, a fermented wet paste from cassava is also widely consumed throughout the country especially in the southern zones. A processing technology has also been developed for village level production of dried fufu flour using a simple drier that can operate in areas with or without electricity. Cassava Fufu is regarded as the most traditional Nigerian fufu meals. Cassava Fufu is regarded as the most traditional Nigerian fufu meal.
Processing of akpu/fufu instructions
- Harvest your raw cassava from your farm or buy get from you local markets.
- Peel it.
- Wash properly to be sparkling white.
- Soak with water and leave for about 3 to 4days to ferment.
- Then filter it with your sieve to get the cassava paste.when done, allow to settle for sometime.
- Then pour out the water in it. You will get your paste 👇 👇.
- Pour in a bag and tie the bag properly to avoid spilling. Then place something heavy on it that can make it drain water fast..
- Before pounding, mix your cassava with little water like you do your flour.
- Mould very big and put in a pot on fire and allow to simmer for about 30s or a minute.
- Remove from the pot and pound very well.. Should in case you notice any lumps in it, add little salt to the pot on fire. It will dissolve the lumps when it's finally done.
- Now mould it again. But this time it should be very small and make a hole in the mould and put in the pot on fire and allow to cook for about 10 to 15mins.
- Bring out and pound.
- Pound till it's very smooth..
- Your akpu is ready. Enjoy with any soup of your choice. Have any questions where you're confused? Please do in the comment section. Thank you.
There are powder versions of other Nigerian fufu meals which makes it easy for modern day ajebutters to prepare them but not this one. Processed products include: garri, akpu, fufu, cassava flour, abacha, starch, tapioca and kpo kpo garri. Akpu is a pasty product of cassava, the pro-cessing of which involves fermentation. The roots are soaked in water for three to five days, during which time the roots soften and ferment. We love our fufu be it corn fufu, yam fufu or cassava fufu (water fufu).