Definition of "fufu"

fufu

noun
uncountable
1. A dish of boiled, mashed cassava mixed with plantain, yams, or other starchy vegetables, common as food in West and Equatorial Africa and the Caribbean. Sold in speciality stores (US) in dry powdered or granulated form.
  Quotations
  “I want some real food,” Binta angrily said. “Like fufu and egusi soup.”
  2018, Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death, HarperVoyager, page 192