Yam flour also known as Elubo is made out of yam and/or cassava flour. Yams are peeled, sliced, cleaned, dried and then blended into a flour called Elubo.
What is yam flour called?
Yam flour. Also known as sweet potato flour, yam flour is powdered starch widely used in food preparation. Typically white, the flour is commonly used in African dishes, such as amala. It may be used in many other recipes if desired as well.
What is elubo flour?
Elubo/Amala (also called yam flour) is made from dried yam cut into small pieces and then grinded into a smooth brown flour. The Elubo flour is used in preparing amala making a mash meal and eaten much like the way mash potato is eaten with various types of soup such as vegetable or egusi soup.
Is yam flour same as Amala?
The most common type of flour for Amala is the Yam flour, which is also known as the 'Amala Isu'. Fresh tubers of yam are peeled, sliced and put into boiling water over a period of time, depending on how thick the yam slices are. The yam slices are only partly cooked, then dried in a dryer.
What is yam flour in Yoruba?
Elubo is the Yoruba word for yam flour made by cutting yam into small bits, dried and then ground into smooth brown flour. The flour is used in preparing amala or lafun making a mash meal and eaten much like the way mash potato is eaten in the Western World.
