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Dumboy

Liberian fresh cassava swallow boiled, pounded smooth, and served with pepper soup, palm butter, or palava sauce.

Country
Liberia
Region
West Africa
Time
60 min
Serves
6
Level
medium
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Recipe overview

What to know before you cook

Dumboy is Liberia's fresh cassava answer to swallow: boiled, pounded, glossy, and ready for any serious soup.

What the dish tastes like

Liberian fresh cassava swallow boiled, pounded smooth, and served with pepper soup, palm butter, or palava sauce.

When to cook it

Best for pepper soup, palm butter soup, and weekend Liberian meals.. Plan on a medium cook and about 60 minutes total.

What to serve alongside it

Pepper soup, palm butter soup, palava sauce, or okra stew.

Regional lane

Liberia national table. A structured Liberia dish in the AfroKitchen archive.

Chef watch-outs
  • Stopping the base before the pepper, onion, or spice edge has mellowed.
  • Thinning the pot before the body of the soup or stew has developed.
  • Rushing the base before the raw edge has cooked out.
How you know it is ready
  • The sauce should coat the spoon and taste rounded, not watery or raw.
  • The aroma should smell rounded rather than raw or sharp.
  • Oil, sauce, broth, or steam should look settled and deliberate.
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Pepper soup, palm butter soup, palava sauce, or okra stew.

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Servings 6

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How to cook it

Step-by-step method

Keep the rhythm calm, watch the texture, and adjust seasoning at the end.

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4 steps 20 min prep 40 min cook 60 min total medium
1
Boil cassava
Boil cassava in water until fully tender.
boil 25:00
2
Remove fibers
Drain, remove woody centers, and keep cassava warm.
trim 05:00
3
Pound smooth
Pound or process hot cassava until smooth, elastic, and cohesive.
pound 10:00
4
Shape and serve
Shape into mounds and serve with soup or palm oil.
shape 02:00

Some households pound by hand, others use modern processors, and texture ranges from soft to very elastic.

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