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Home » Main dishes » How to make pounded yam using a food processor

Published: Jul 7, 2014 · Modified: Aug 28, 2014 by K's Cuisine · This post may contain affiliate links ·

How to make pounded yam using a food processor

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When I first learnt from a friend years ago about making pounded yam in food processor, I was like wow! that is real cool. Even though I'm not a pounded yam fan but when it comes to kitchen task, I love any gadget or appliance that makes the work easier and faster. I'm all for the easy life! who wouldn't be pleased to know you don't have to go through the task of sweating it out over a mortar and pestle making pounded yam? that you can whip up hot pounded yam anytime you so wish without being put off by the physical exercise it involves?

At the time my friend gave me this information, what I had was a mini chopper. I put it to test and yes it made pounded yam. I had since made pounded yam in a food processor and also in a stand mixer. I will be posting how to with mini chopper and stand mixer in another post but for now here is how to make pounded yam in a food processor.

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Cooking time: 25 minutes

Total time: 30 minutes

You will need

Food processor with dough blade

Yam

DIRECTIONS

1) Cut yam into small shapes and rinse.

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2) Put rinsed yam in a pot, pour water to be slightly above the yam and boil yam till very soft.

Do not add salt. Yam for pounded yam is unsalted.

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3) When yam is cooked till soft and while pot is still on heat, pick the yam slices into the food processor.

If there are still yam cubes left in the pot , do not take off heat. Yam should be from heat to food processor.

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4) Switch on the food processor and watch it turn your boiled yam to pounded yam. It takes approximately 1 minute to achieve this.

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Few seconds and already churning away beautifully

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Pounded yam is done and it takes less than 2 minutes to make it in food processor

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5) Using a spatula or spoon scoop out hot pounded yam into a plate.

pounded yam

See how stretchy, smooth and fluffy the pounded yam is? That's easy peasy pounded yam with no sweat of pounding with mortar and pestle.

food processor pounded yam

Enjoy with groundnut soup (HERE), Ogbono (HERE), Ila asepo (HERE) or any other soup.

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  1. Ron says

    July 27, 2015 at 3:22 am

    Hello Ron here. Can this work for yellow/Jamaican Yam?

    I have a Cuisinart food processor. can you use the stainless steel serrated s blade to make the pounded yam as opposed to the plastic dough blade without lumps of problems?

    Reply
  2. Hauwa idrees says

    May 13, 2015 at 10:49 am

    saw a UK prodct foodprocessor but not phillips or kenwood can it do d job of pounding

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      May 13, 2015 at 3:40 pm

      Hello Hauwa, it doesn't have to be kenwood or Phillips. Any good food processor with dough blade will do

      Reply
  3. jummy says

    February 14, 2015 at 10:48 pm

    Hello k's please l will like to know the brand of Philip food processor that use or the most ruged one among all. Thanks

    Reply
  4. Bukola says

    December 16, 2014 at 10:12 am

    Morn, I really need to get a food processor...kindly advise the name of this your make..thanks

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      December 17, 2014 at 10:41 am

      Hello Bukola,
      The one in the pictures is made by Phillips. I recommend Phillips or Kenwood.

      Reply
      • Bukola says

        December 17, 2014 at 11:01 am

        thanks, however can any product from philip or kenwood work?

      • K's Cuisine says

        January 02, 2015 at 2:41 am

        Yes any good brand of food processor work

  5. Mama Josh! says

    November 07, 2014 at 2:01 pm

    Hi Kemi,
    Please what is the difference between a blender and a food processor.

    Thank you.

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      November 10, 2014 at 9:52 pm

      Hello Mama Josh. Blender is used mainly for blending and making things into purée while food processor does that and a lot more. You can use food processor to grate, slice, blend,knead dough, etc.

      Reply
  6. Mama Josh! says

    November 07, 2014 at 1:53 pm

    Hi Kemi, Please wotz d difference between a food processor and a blender?

    Reply
  7. bose says

    October 31, 2014 at 3:43 pm

    Can I achieve this with blender?

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      November 10, 2014 at 9:32 pm

      Yes you can but I wouldn't advise you risk your blender as reviews are most blenders get damaged in the process

      Reply
  8. kaffy says

    July 08, 2014 at 2:23 pm

    I must try this o

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      July 15, 2014 at 12:49 am

      Kaffy, do and don't forget to feedback 🙂

      Reply
  9. lola says

    July 08, 2014 at 12:56 am

    If only for pondy, i shall buy food processor. Thanks k

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      July 15, 2014 at 12:47 am

      You're welcome Lola

      Reply

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