How to make fufu from cassava?

Cassava Fufu processing is almost the same as cassava flour processing, the difference is cassava Fufu processing requires fermentation. Fufu is processed by washing, peeling roots, cutting into pieces, grinding into pulp, fermenting for 1-2 days, dewatering, drying, sieving and packing.

Cassava fufu process flowchart:
The following flowchart provides a brief overview of the main cassava fufu production process.

Cassava fufu processing machine
The production of cassava fufu comprises the machines such as cassava washing machine, peeling machine, chipping machine, sieving machine, hydraulic press, cassava grating machine, cassava drying machine and packaging machine. We have provided below a brief description on the main steps of the cassava fufu production process.

Cassava washing machine:wash the fresh cassava roots in clean water to remove mud, sand and other impurities.

Cassava peeling machine:wash the cassava roots to remove the surface sand, silt, and peel the cassava roots to remove the outer brown skin and partial inner thick cream layer, also avoid over damaging of raw materials.

Cassava chipping machine:reduce the size of cassava pieces to produce thinner and more uniform slices than chipping by hand.

Fermentation(manpower):steeping or fermenting the whole cassava roots or cutted cassava chips in water to ferment for a maximum of three days, depending on ambient temperature.

Cassava sieving machine(vibration sieve):after steeping, using a vibration sieve to separate fibrous materials to control size of particles, finally obtain the uniform size of particles.

Sedimentation(manpower):the sieved mash is allowed to sediment in a large container for about 24 hours, allow fufu mash to be concentrated before decanting, after sedimentation, the water is poured off while the fine, clean sediment (mainly starch) is dewatered using a high powered Press.

Cassava dewatering machine(hydraulic press dewater):fermented paste is filled into hessian or polypropylene sacks and Load the bags directly on to a hydraulic press. Under control of hydraulic station and electric cabinet to lift and press the jack handle up and down until it becomes hard to move. Repeat the process several times each day until no more water comes out of the bag to produce a firm wet cake(Pressed mash may be pack and sold as wet fufu).

Cassava grating machine: use motorized grater to pulverise wet solid cakes(after pressing) into smaller particle size and increase the surface area for easy drying.

Cassava fufu drying machine(airflow flash dryer):effectively dry the wet slurry to low moisture content by principle of heat transfer exchange, the drying process is more reliable and of higher quality.

Fufu milling machine:mill the dried coarse fufu flour to produce fine fufu flour. Milling can be done using a roller mill machine, and the size of final fine flour can be customized according to customers’ requirements, the standard one is 80-100mesh.