Amala
Pronounced ah-MAH-lah
Amala is a smooth, soft, dark brown swallow from the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria, made from yam flour, called elubo, which is dried peeled yam ground to a fine powder and stirred into hot water into a stretchy dough. Its dark colour comes naturally from the dried yam. It is eaten by tearing off a piece to scoop up soup, classically ewedu and gbegiri, served together as a combination called abula. Versions also exist from cassava flour and unripe plantain flour.
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Also known as
- amala isu
- elubo (the flour)
- yam flour swallow
How it is used
Torn and used to scoop up ewedu and gbegiri, together known as abula.
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