Bammy
Bammy or bami is a traditional Jamaican cassava flatbread. It is like the simple flatbread eaten by the Arawaks. Today, it is produced in many places. It is sold in stores and by street sellers in Jamaica.
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| Type | Flatbread |
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| Place of origin | Jamaica |
| Main ingredients | Cassava flour |
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Media related to Bammy Media
Taíno (Arawak) women preparing casabe (cassava bread) in 1565— grinding cassava/yuca roots into paste with a metate and mano, shaping the bread, and cooking it on a fire-heated burén.
Fried bammy bought at a beach in Jamaica.
Typical bammies produced and sold in Jamaica.
Seafood meal in Jamaica— garlic lobster with mashed sweet potato, stir-fry vegetables, fried bammy and fried ripe plantain. Bammy is typically served as a side dish with seafood.
Producción de Casabe, poblado La Negra, Estado Apure, Venezuela
Stone celt (knife), used to peel and cut the cassava
Stone guayo, used to grate cassava
Metate and mano, used to grind the cassava
Matapi, used to extract the cassava juice
