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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.
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.
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.
4) Switch on the food processor and watch it turn your boiled yam to pounded yam. It takes approximately 1 minute to achieve this.
Few seconds and already churning away beautifully
Pounded yam is done and it takes less than 2 minutes to make it in food processor
5) Using a spatula or spoon scoop out hot pounded yam into a plate.
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.
Enjoy with groundnut soup (HERE), Ogbono (HERE), Ila asepo (HERE) or any other soup.
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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?
saw a UK prodct foodprocessor but not phillips or kenwood can it do d job of pounding
Hello Hauwa, it doesn’t have to be kenwood or Phillips. Any good food processor with dough blade will do
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
Morn, I really need to get a food processor…kindly advise the name of this your make..thanks
Hello Bukola,
The one in the pictures is made by Phillips. I recommend Phillips or Kenwood.
thanks, however can any product from philip or kenwood work?
Yes any good brand of food processor work
Hi Kemi,
Please what is the difference between a blender and a food processor.
Thank you.
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.
Hi Kemi, Please wotz d difference between a food processor and a blender?
Can I achieve this with blender?
Yes you can but I wouldn’t advise you risk your blender as reviews are most blenders get damaged in the process
I must try this o
Kaffy, do and don’t forget to feedback 🙂
If only for pondy, i shall buy food processor. Thanks k
You’re welcome Lola