Cocoyam
Pronounced KOH-koh-yam
Cocoyam is a starchy African root vegetable, related to taro, with a brown, slightly hairy skin and firm white flesh that turns soft and slightly sticky when cooked. A staple across West Africa, especially Nigeria and Ghana, it is eaten boiled, roasted or fried much like yam, and boiled and pounded to thicken soups such as bitterleaf soup. It must always be cooked, never eaten raw.
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Also known as
- taro
- ede
- eddoe
How it is used
Boiled and pounded to a smooth paste to thicken a Nigerian soup.
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