NAME IT - BIZARRE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AROUND THE WORLD - 07
Making entry in our list of Bizarre Fruits and vegetables around the World is a unique vibrant purple colored root vegetable! It has an amazingly beautiful color! See it yourself :
Is it a potato? Or a sweet potato? It is better i let you guess! A locally grown staple of Hawaiian cuisine, it is rich in flavor and packed with nutritional benefits. This is the plant, the young shoots and leaves are edible too!
This root vegetable is native to the Americas, between 1492 and 1605 it was brought to Japan and it grew pretty well. It became very popular in a variety of Japanese dishes. Later on it was brought to the Hawaiian Islands and with it's rich volcanic soil, the crop just flourished.
It can be cooked in many style, Fry it for super tasty crispy chips ...
Or just boil it / baked it and add little coconut milk and cinnamon for a perfect mash that goes well with meat as well as fish courses.
Others use it for a delicious mochi...
Thanks to give your answer in the comments section.
Check out the earlier blogs here :
https://steemit.com/life/@progressivechef/name-it-bizarre-fruits-and-vegetables-around-the-world-05
https://steemit.com/life/@progressivechef/name-it-bizarre-fruits-and-vegetables-around-the-world-04
https://steemit.com/food/@progressivechef/name-it-bizarre-fruits-and-vegetables-around-the-world-03
Happy guessing!
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Everything looks so purple haha
And yes dear, it is so purple in reality!
Oh that looks crazy! It actually looks like a purple carrot. O:
Hmmm yes it's a root vegetable, but not in the carrot family! Purple carrots are great to work with.
Never seen it! Looks like a really fun color to pimp up your salad with though!
It will really pimp up your salad + adding a touch of natural sweetness! I'm glad i made you discover something you were not aware of, that's the goal of the series of BIZARRE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AROUND THE WORLD.
Stay tuned for more!
Thanks for passing by.
Haha. Will definitely stay tuned!
No idea where I could get my hands on it though.
In Berlin i'm not sure you will find it, but sure to find it in Hawaii or Japan. Though i've seen it in France at the Rungis market when i was there in 2014.
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Ooh! Hmm, well maybe next year in Hawaii then!
That's great! Do share some pics if you found it!
It's in the same family as taro.
In Hawaii, taro (known as kalo) Is used to make poi.
In the US, where I live, it can be labeled Okinawa sweet potato.
In the Philippines, we call it 'ube'. I love it. We use it in many desserts. A really popular dessert is 'ube' ice cream. Yumm!
Thanks for posting!
Big round of applause dear @offoodandart , you are absolutely right! The Okinawa Sweet Potato! Do check the other post and let's see if you can guess it right! Thanks again!
Stay tuned for more to come
Yay 😊! Yes, will check other post.