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Fufu (variants of the name include foofoo, fufuo, foufou) is a staple food of many countries in West Africa and the Caribbean. It is often made with a flour made from the cassava plant – or alternatively another flour, such as semolina or maize flour. Fufu, served alongside soup (usually Groundnut Soup), is a national dish of Ghana. It can also be made by boiling starchy food crops like cassava, yams or cooking plantains and cocoyam then pounding them into a dough-like consistency. Fufu is eaten with the fingers, and a small ball of it can be dipped into an accompanying soup or sauce. Foods made in this manner are known by different names in different places. However, ''fufu'' stands out, especially in Ghana and in West Africa in general, as the name fufu is from the Twi language of the Akan in Ghana. It is from the Twi word ''fufuo'' meaning "white", due to its appearance. ''Fufuo'' is actually the correct way to refer to the dish. Among the Baule and other Akan groups in Cote d'Ivoire , it is known as sakora; among the Dagombas of Northern Ghana as sakoro; and as couscous (''couscous de Cameroun'') in the French-speaking regions of Cameroon (not to be confused with the North African dish couscous).〔DeLancey, Mark W., and Mark Dike DeLancey (2000). ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon'', 3rd ed. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, p. 134.〕 ==African fufu== Cassava was introduced to Africa from Brazil by Portuguese traders in the 16th century.〔 In Ghana, before cassava was introduced, fufu was made with yam. In some situations, it is made with plantain or cocoyam. In Nigeria, Togo and Cameroon, fufu is white and sticky (if plantain is not mixed with the cassava when pounding). The traditional method of eating fufu is to pinch some of the fufu off in one's right hand fingers and form it into an easily ingested round ball. The ball is then dipped in the soup before being eaten. A similar staple in the African Great Lakes region is ugali. It is usually made from maize flour (masa), and is also eaten in Southern Africa. The name ugali is used to refer to the dish in Kenya and Tanzania. Closely related staples are called nshima in Zambia, nsima in Malawi, sadza in Zimbabwe, pap in South Africa, posho in Uganda, luku, fufu, nshima, moteke, semoule, ugali and bugari in Republic of the Congo and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and phaletshe in Botswana. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fufu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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