How many calories in pounded yam
A portion of pounded yam has about 360 kcal, with 85 g of carbs.
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Pounded yam is boiled yam pounded in a mortar until it's smooth and stretchy, like a soft dough. It's a swallow: you pinch off a piece with your fingers, dip it in soup and swallow it with little chewing. Many homes now make it from yam flour, sold as poundo.
A portion is 360 kcal, with 85 g of carbs, 4 g of protein and 1 g of fat. It's nearly all starch.
The soup is the other half of the meal. Egusi soup adds about 400 kcal, so the full plate is about 760.
Tips
- 1Make the ball of yam smaller and the bowl of soup bigger in greens.
- 2Pick a soup with lots of leaves and less palm oil.
- 3Eat it slowly, pounded yam fills you up fast.
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Questions
How many calories in pounded yam and egusi soup?
About 760 kcal, 360 for the yam and 400 for a bowl of egusi.
Is pounded yam fattening?
No food is on its own. It has almost no fat, the calories come from the starch, about 85 g of carbs a portion.
Is poundo yam the same as pounded yam?
Poundo is yam flour stirred into hot water. It's quicker and close in calories, but many people say pounded is softer.
What is a swallow?
A soft dough of yam, cassava or grain, like pounded yam, eba, amala or fufu, eaten with the fingers and dipped in soup.
How much protein is in pounded yam?
Only about 4 g. The meat and fish in the soup bring the protein.
