How To Make Fufu

General Presentation of FOUFOU

Foutou is an accompaniment to a main dish in the preparation of several African sauces, particularly in Ivory Coast where it is called "foutou". It is also called "fufu" (read "foufou") mainly in English-speaking countries but also in several French-speaking African countries. It is served in the form of oval or round loaves (we speak of "foutou bread") however, unlike bakery bread, it is not prepared in the oven and is only eaten with sauce. Apart from plantain foutou, foutou can also be made with yam, cassava, taro, sweet potato, etc. The taste of each of these foutous obviously differs from one foutou to another, and from one sauce to another! This recipe describes the preparation of plantain foutou.

Ingredients

• 1 box of 680g of plantain flour
• Water
• A saucepan and a wooden spatula

Preparation

The traditional recipe involves a mortar and pestle, both made of wood. However, to save time or when it is not possible to have these traditional equipments (for reasons of cost, logistics, user-friendliness or environment because they are quite noisy to use), there are several ways to obtain a similar result with more modern kitchen equipments that can be used such as the food processor, the spatula, etc.
The video below shows all the preparation steps as well as the ingredients and tools needed to prepare your foutou.





It's ready! Enjoy your meal!

How to serve Foutou

You can serve it with tomato sauce, eggplant sauce, peanut sauce, pistachio sauce, or okra sauce.... In short, we could simply say that foutou goes with all sauces.