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Directions
  • Cut the yam into slices and boil in a pot of hot water for 10-15 minutes
  • Once the yam is done boiling, place pieces in mortar or yam pounder
  • If in mortar, pound the yam manually until soft
  • If in yam pounder, switch machine on for about 15-20 minutes, depending on the type of yam

 

Pounded Yam

​​Ingredients

  • 2 cups yam powder

  • 2 cups of water

 

Directions

  • Bring 2 cups of water to a boil on a stove top. Use a 2 Qt pot or larger. Whilst still on the stove top add the yam powder and mix it together using a wooden spoon. The pounded yam is ready when it smoothens and thickens into a dough.

This method takes only 5 minutes. However another way of doing it,  you'll need:

 

  • ​Yam

  • Water

  • A mortar or yam pounder (machine)

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