Yam pounder is a daily nutritional food requirement for man and in order to facilitate the processing of yam for consumption, a yam pounding machine has been developed using mainly some locally sourced materials. The machine was developed to enhance the hygienic processing of yam for domestic consumption, while eliminating the tedious and laborious indigenous process of preparing pounded yam. The end product of the yam to be pounded by the machine is expected to have the same quality as the ones that are pounded through indigenous process. How to use： 1.Set the steam cup and tank packing, and pour in water 2.Set the bowl and pounding blade put in yam cut in cubes of 1.5 inch; put on the lid, plug in and switch on to "COOK" 3.When cooking is completed, the alarm sounds. Turn the switch "OFF" confirm that it is cooked, then lock the lid securely, and switch on to "POUND". 4.When pounding is finished,switch "OFF",detach the bowl by turning to left, and take out the yam and pounding blade