18/06/2022
Pupuru is one local delicacy you will definitely enjoy. This dish is mainly eaten in Ilaje and Irele in Ondo State. It is processed from cassava. The processes involves in turning cassava to the powder of pupuru includes; peeling of cassava, sun drying, frying and then grinding into powder form.
This meal is white in color just like other swallow foods such as pounded yam, fufu and semovita. This food is a carbohydrate food, supplying energy for your day’s work.
COOKING DIRECTIONS
To cook the pupuru, put some quantity of water to boil on a medium heat. When the water boils, pour some quantity of it in boiling water and stir same way while cooking Amala( yam flour) OR bring down and pour the pupuru powder. Stir continuously with a spatula and turn as if you are making eba. Make sure the pupuru is smooth and not too soft. It is done after you have a thick and smooth taste. Pupuru can be eaten alongside various soup most especially efo riro(vegetable soup), Ewedu soup, Okro soup ( Obeila), Egusi soup(melon soup). This combination passes through a gullet in emphatic fashion.You can't wait to have a taste of this.
HEALTH BENEFITS
The technology of 'pupuru' processes increases its Protein and Fat content including Zinc, Potassium, Calcium, Carbohydrate, Magnesium, Vitamin C, Crude fibre content making it one of the highly nutritious cassava flour...
