fufu

Or fu-fu,

[foo-foo]

noun

1. a doughlike West African dish of boiled and ground plantain, yam, or cassava, made into balls to go with soups or stews.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fufu¹

First recorded in 1740–50; from a West African language; compare Twi fufuu, Ewe fufu, Yoruba fùfú, Cuban Spanish fufú

Example Sentences

There’s also a bowl of fufu—starchy dough that Ama used to make for holidays—and a few trays of chofi, fried turkey tail that my uncle always seems to overcook.

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It’s not long before I step in a half-eaten bowl of fufu.

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"I always got so many tips because I used to memorise the whole menu and I was very sharp mouthed. So I would shout out: 'Oh what do you guys want to have? We have fufu, garri, semo,'" she says, mimicking a child's voice as she lists her country's staple foods.

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Back in St Lucia, Dr Ogbo says his attempts to bring egusi, fufu and jollof to local people are a small but worthy contribution to the strengthening of relations between Africa and the Caribbean.

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"Egusi soup and fufu, that's more popular... they love jollof rice too," Dr Ogbo says, reeling off a list of his customers' favourite dishes.

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