Cookbook:Swallow

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Fufu, a type of swallow

Swallows, also called fufu, are a type of preparation made by cooking and kneading/pounding starchy vegetables and grains until smooth and stretchy. They are traditionally consumed in many African and Afro-Caribbean cuisines, where they go by different names.

Components

Swallows can be made from a variety of ingredients. An incomplete list follows:

• Cassava
• Plantain
• Yam
• Maize/corn
• Millet
• Sorghum
• Breadfruit
• Rice

Recipes

• Amala
• Pounded Yam
• Tuwo Shinkafa (Nigerian Mashed Rice)
• Semo (Nigerian Cooked Semolina)
• Potato Fufu
• Nigerian Cassava Fufu

References

• https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/05/dining/fufu-recipe-swallows.html