02/05/2024
40 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT NIGERIAN SWALLOW
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1. Swallow is called swallow, because of the way it is eaten, swallowing rather than chewing the food.
2. Nigerian swallow basically refers to local meals that are not chewed, but are usually “swallowed”. Most of the time, these “swallows” are usually eaten with different kinds of soups peculiar to that particular tribe.
3. Garri is widely known in Nigeria as Eba, which is made of roasted, ground cassava (garri). This gives it a grainier texture than the regular cassava fufu. It has a sweet sour taste and is eaten across West Africa.
4. Fufu, also known as 'swallow' because of the manner in which it is eaten (swallowed with some soup/stew) is pronounced as foo-foo or foufou. Fufu is a staple food found in many countries in Central Africa, Western Africa and some Caribbean countries like the Dominican Republic.
5. Swallows are complementary foods that are made from popular staple foods such as cassava, yam, Wheat, Plantain, Corn (Maize), potato, Cocoyam etc.
6. Fufus are commonly made from cassava, yams, maize, plantain, wheat, corn, semolina, rice, sweet potatoes, or oatmeal.
7. Cassava is one of the primary starches used to make fufu. Cassava fufu also known as Akpu, Loi-Loi, Santana is eaten in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Côte D' Ivoire, Nigeria, Ghana, Togo and Benin and more. It is usually made from fermented cassava and can be eaten with any soup of choice.
8. Corn meal is commonly known as Tuwo Masara in Nigeria, Ugali in Kenya and Tanzania, Posho in Uganda, Nshima in Malawi and Zambia, Sadza in Zimbabwe. It is made from corn meal or millet flour. Its thick texture is similar to a porridge and when allowed to cool and form, it is easy to cut into balls for 'swallow'.
Credit: FOOD RESEARCH KITCHEN
