Starch
Starch from Nigeria: explore its ingredients, nutrition facts, 250 calories per serving, and cultural origin.
Starch — Nigeria
Starch is a translucent swallow made from cassava, served with banga soup, a dish cherished by the Ijaw and Itsekiri peoples.
Foods: Starch
- 120.00 g Pure cassava starch (extracted from grated cassava by water settling — different from garri; raw white starch) dissolved in cold water then poured into boiling water — translucent, gelatinous, jelly-like result
- 0.00 ml Boiling water (the starch gelatinises on contact — produces translucent, jelly-like texture unique in the database)
- 0.00 ml Banga soup (the Niger Delta palm nut soup — the defining accompaniment for starch)