Dishes made with cassava
10 dishes from around the world that list cassava as a main ingredient.
FufuVegan
🇬🇭 Ghana and 4 moreA soft, starchy dough made by pounding cassava, plantain or cocoyam, eaten with soups
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
SojuVegan소주
🇰🇷 South Korea and 3 moreClear Korean spirit distilled from grains or starches, usually enjoyed neat
Drink
Chicha
🇵🇪 Peru and 6 moreA traditional Latin American drink made by fermenting maize or other plants
Drink, Snacks
ThieboudienneFish or seafood
🇸🇳 Senegal and 5 moreSenegalese rice and fish cooked together with vegetables and tomato
Main dish
Buñuelo
🇪🇸 Spain and 5 moreCrisp or fluffy fried dough, sweet or savory, enjoyed across Spain and Latin America
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Breakfast
KolakVegan
🇮🇩 IndonesiaIndonesian dessert of fruit simmered in coconut milk and palm sugar
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
EncebolladoFish or seafood
🇪🇨 EcuadorEcuadorian fish stew with onions, cassava and pickled red onion rings
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Ladob
🇸🇨 SeychellesSeychellois dish of plantain, sweet potato and coconut milk, sweet or savory
Main dish
CaldouFish or seafood
🇸🇳 SenegalSenegalese fish and vegetable stew with a tangy broth, served with rice
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Vaca atoladaMeat
🇧🇷 BrazilBrazilian beef rib and cassava stew from Minas Gerais
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Vaca atolada: Emerson Pardo, CC BY 2.0, source
- Chicha: Tisquesusa, CC BY 4.0, source
- Fufu: HarunaSylvester, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Thieboudienne: KVDP, Public domain, source
- Encebollado: Ministerio de Turismo Ecuador, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Caldou: Marshiayers, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Soju: Matt @ PEK, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Kolak: Nurhafizah at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Buñuelo: Klenje, CC BY-SA 3.0, source