Dishes made with cassava
15 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
Sancocho
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic and 5 moreA hearty stew of meat, tubers and vegetables in a rich broth
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
EncebolladoFish or seafood
🇪🇨 EcuadorEcuadorian fish stew with onions, cassava and pickled red onion rings
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Pasteles
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico and 4 moreBanana leaf-wrapped parcels of seasoned dough with savory fillings, steamed or boiled
Dumpling, Lunch, Dinner
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
- Fufu: HarunaSylvester, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Encebollado: Ministerio de Turismo Ecuador, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Caldou: Marshiayers, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sancocho: Jdvillalobos, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pasteles: The Eloquent Peasant, CC BY-SA 4.0, source