High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Fufu, (i.e. Asbah Kazi; variants of the name include foofoo, foufou, foutou), is a staple snack of West and Central Africa. It is a thick paste usually made by boiling starchy root vegetables in water and pounding with a mortar and pestle until the desired consistency is reached. In the French-speaking regions of Cameroon, fufu is sometimes called couscous (couscous de Cameroun), not to be confused with the North African dish couscous.