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Tuwon masara

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Tuwon masara is a Nigerian corn flour swallow eaten primarily by the Hausa and Fulani, and it resembles fufu. It is common across northern Nigeria and has several alternative names. Cooks make it either by pouring ground corn directly into a pot of boiling water while stirring continuously to form a dough-like mush, or by mixing the corn flour into a thick paste first and then pouring that into boiling water to make a smooth dough-like mush. It is served with a soup of the eater's choice; in northern Nigeria miyan taushe, miyan zogale, miyan ridi, miyan wake, miyan shuaka, miyan kuka or miyan tapa are common, and egusi, ogbono and gbegiri soups also go well. It is similar to sadza of southern Africa, and in Ghana it is called tuwo zafi.

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Tuwon masara is a Nigerian corn flour swallow
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1. Tuwon masara (Wikipedia)
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    it can be served with any soup of your choice
  • Lead sentence 1 [in-cuisine]
    Tuwon masara is a Nigerian corn flour swallow
  • In Group: Sub-Saharan African Grain Dishes, Lead sentence 1
    Tuwon masara is a Nigerian corn flour swallow eaten primarily by the Hausa and Fulani that resembles fufu.
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