Pure Pounded Yam Flour (Iyan) – 10 lb Bag

Who the 10 lb bag is for: big tables, weekly cooking and holiday crowds

Some kitchens run through pounded yam every week, and some hosts need enough for thirty people at a birthday, a family reunion or a holiday table. The 10 lb bag holds 4.5 kg of the same flour as the smaller packs and suits both. At the planning figure of 1 cup (about 125 g) per person, it makes about 36 servings. A family of five gets roughly seven dinners from it, and a couple gets around eighteen.

The ingredient list is a single word: yam, from Benue, parboiled and dried before it is milled and sifted, with no preservatives. The bag carries the 1pFoods name and a West African yam flour label; as with any brand, the name belongs to its owner.

How much flour and water for 6, 8, 12 or 18 people

Scale by the cup: roughly 1 cup of flour per person, and 1.25 to 1.5 cups of boiling water for every cup of flour. Where the pack directions differ, they win, since flours vary in how much water they absorb.

The last column is plain division against 36 servings. Big eaters, or a thin soup, call for a little more than a cup each.

Cooking for a crowd without a lumpy mess

Technique stays the same at any size; only the effort grows. Use your widest, heaviest pot, a sturdy wooden spatula and a kettle of hot water on standby. Pour the flour into boiling water gradually with the heat turned low, then fold the dough against the side of the pot instead of stirring in circles. Dab boiling water on any lump and squash it against the pot wall.

For a big group, two batches are easier than one huge mass of dough. Because pounded yam takes only minutes, you can cook the second batch while the first is being served.

A party menu: soups that go with pounded yam

A crowd usually wants a choice. Egusi, built on ground melon seeds, is one of the soups most often named with pounded yam, along with efo riro, okra soup, bitterleaf soup and oha soup. Ogbono is the draw soup: ground bush mango seed gives it a thick, slippery body, and it keeps thickening as it sits, so loosen it with a little stock when you reheat it. Kitchens in southern Nigeria add edikang ikong, a soup of waterleaf and fluted pumpkin leaves (ugu), and afang, made with okazi leaves, which are tough enough to need chopping or pounding first.

Ogbono, ugu and okazi are not for sale here yet. The ogbono page and the ukazi leaf page each have a Notify me form.

Keeping food hot, and leftovers that are safe to eat

Pounded yam is best straight from the pot. If a portion has to wait, keep it covered and hot, above 140 degrees F, since bacteria multiply rapidly between 40 and 140 degrees F. Cooked rice is the textbook case for a bacterium called Bacillus cereus, whose toxin is not destroyed by reheating, and moist cooked iyan deserves the same care.

Put leftovers away within 2 hours of cooking, or within 1 hour if the day is hotter than 90 degrees F, as at a summer cookout. Divide them into single portions so they cool quickly. Eat within 3 to 4 days, or freeze wrapped portions and use them within about 2 to 3 months for the best texture. Warm it through until steaming hot, loosening it with a little water as you stir, and warm only what you will eat.

Storing a bag this size once it is open

A bag that feeds a household for months needs more care than a small one. Squeeze out the air and reseal after every scoop, use a dry cup, and keep it in a cool, dry cupboard away from the stove's steam and from sunny windowsills. Many cooks pour dry flour into an airtight tub with a tight lid, which also keeps out pests and moisture; if you do, tape the best-before date to the lid. Look at the flour now and then. Damp clumps, a musty smell or any sign of insects mean it belongs in the trash, not the pot.

10 lb bag or the 5 x 2 lb bundle?

Both hold 4.5 kg of the same flour and both reach the free shipping line on their own, so the choice is about habits. Take the 10 lb bag for the fewest things to store and the easiest cooking for crowds, since one bag makes about 36 servings. Take the 5 x 2 lb bundle if you like opening a sealed bag every few weeks or plan to split it with relatives. Not sure iyan from flour suits you? Start with the 2 lb bag. All three packs sit together in the pounded yam flour category.

Delivery and staying stocked

The 10 lb bag equals five 2 lb bags, so it ships free on its own to the lower 48 states and DC. Expect your order to leave within 24 to 48 hours and arrive within 2 to 5 business days. No sales tax is charged. Subscribe and save is a reminder rather than an automatic charge: it nudges you every 4 weeks, and you can ignore it while the bag is still full. Planning an event and unsure about quantities? Message us on WhatsApp at (734) 219-0258 or write to hello@afrifoodsbasket.com.