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. Elubo is used to prepare Àmàlà. Àmàlà is from Western Africa and eaten mostly by the Yoruba people in Nigeria.
How do you make elubo at home?
Parboiling; the sliced yam are then put into boiling water over a period of time depending on the thickness of the slices. Drying; the parboiled yam slices are dried in a dryer at a specified drying temperature and time. Milling; the dried yam slices are milled directly into flour of uniform particle size.
How do you make elubo yam flour?
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. The dried yam slices are then milled directly into flour.
Is yam flour the same as yam powder?
Product Description. Yam flour is powdered dried yam tuber widely used in food preparation.
What can yam flour be used for?
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