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Photograph of Puba (carimã, Brazilian fermented cassava pulp).

Puba (carimã, Brazilian fermented cassava pulp)

A documentary account of puba (carimã), a Brazilian fermented cassava pulp. It records one 1998 study batch and reported uses; it is not a household recipe or a validated cassava-safety method.

Northeastern Brazil
Grains and starches
Photograph of Sourdough panettone, home batch.

Sourdough panettone, home batch

A tall Lombard Christmas bread enriched with butter, yolks and candied citrus, raised first with refreshed sourdough and then proofed in a paper mould.

Lombardy
Grains and starches
Illustrative still-life of pale maize flour, the milled end form described for fermented fuba; not a photograph of a specific Umbundu batch.
Elevated risk

Fermented fuba (Umbundu maize flour)

Fermented fuba is an Umbundu maize-flour preparation made by lactic fermentation of dehulled, degermed kernels before milling, sun-drying and sieving.

Angola · Traditional method
· Grains and starches
Photograph of Teff injera, starter and tempered batter.

Teff injera, starter and tempered batter

Teff injera made from a three-day teff starter, a three-day main dough fermented under water, and a cooked tempering of part of the batter before griddling.

Ethiopia
Grains and starches
Photograph of Ragi idli batter.

Ragi idli batter

An idli batter made from whole ragi (finger millet) and urad with idli rava, each soaked and ground separately, combined, salted and left to ferment overnight.


Grains and starches
Illustrative pale multigrain millet idli batter with fine grain flecks in a stainless-steel bowl; not an exact batch or safety claim.

Multigrain millet idli batter

A multigrain idli batter from a stored blend of sorghum, millets, rice and black gram, with fenugreek kept apart, taken out by the glass and fermented warm.


Grains and starches
Illustrative Salinātā rudzu rupjmaize: a long dark Latvian rye loaf with rounded ends, glossy crust, sparse caraway seeds and a dark, lightly porous crumb.

Salinātā rudzu rupjmaize

Latvian naturally leavened rye bread made with a hot-water scald of part of the flour, unfermented rye malt and caraway; shaped as long loaves and hearth-baked.

Latvia · Traditional method
· Grains and starches
Illustrative dense Danish sourdough rye-and-wheat loaf with a cut slice showing whole and chopped grain.

Rugbrød

This Danish sourdough loaf combines wheat flour and kernels with rye flour and cracked rye, then rises in three tins before a long, low finishing bake.

Denmark
· Grains and starches
A dark rectangular Borodinsk-ish rye loaf with coriander seeds on top and a slice showing its close brown crumb.

Borodinsky bread (Lily McCann's home method)

A dark rye sourdough with coriander and roasted barley-malt scald, based on Lily McCann's measured Borodinsk-ish home formula.

Russia · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
Illustrative pale cream Agbelima fermented cassava dough in a plain shallow earthenware bowl.
Elevated risk

Agbelima (Ghanaian fermented cassava dough)

Ghanaian sour cassava dough fermented with traditional inoculum and drained during fermentation. It is used as a base for cooked foods such as banku and akple; process variants and safety outcomes differ.

Ghana
· Grains and starches
Steamed attiéké cassava granules served in a shallow cream ceramic bowl.

Attiéké

Ivorian cassava semolina: grated cassava is fermented overnight with a traditional inoculum, pressed, sieved into granules, dried and steamed. Documented in a 2006 field study; no sole original process is established.

Southern Côte d'Ivoire
Grains and starches
A plain bowl of Western Kenyan fermented finger-millet uji, shown as smooth thin brown porridge.
Elevated risk

Western Kenyan fermented finger-millet uji

A thin, sour porridge of western Kenya made by fermenting unroasted finger-millet flour in water for a day or two, then diluting it and cooking it through.

Western Kenya · Traditional method
· Grains and starches
A shallow ceramic bowl and a small loose pile of pale dry white gari granules on a warm cream surface.
Elevated risk

White gari from fermented cassava

White gari is grated cassava fermented for three days, then pressed, sieved and toasted dry into a coarse West African meal eaten soaked or as a stiff porridge.

Benue State, Nigeria · Modern method
· Grains and starches
A shallow cream bowl of pale, fluffy steamed Attiéké cassava granules on a warm ivory background.
Elevated risk

Attiéké from fermented cassava pulp

Attiéké is an Ivorian staple of grated cassava fermented with a traditional inoculum, then pressed, sieved, granulated, dried and steamed into fine couscous-like grains.

Côte d’Ivoire · Modern method
· Grains and starches