food vocabulary

suricate · Oct 9th, 2009, 03:22

A more common preparation would be boiled elephant-yam mixed with
lemon-juice and mustard paste and salt.

suricate · Oct 9th, 2009, 03:50

Since vocabulary never gets outdated in a matter of months, here
goes (just making sure palerider is not lurking (but Brad may be!)):

Quote:

Originally Posted by palerider

Just for the record, drumstick is a tree legume, and is cooked. it has a toughish outer skin, and is ribbed. you squeeze the insides out, and it sort of tastes like green beans, coz it's a legume. You can substitute Bhindi(okra,lady finger) or green beans

Some would say it would be akin to substituting apples with oranges,
because they taste and smell just as similar (well looks wise the veggies
are not so far apart after all, being just different shades of green!)

august · Oct 26th, 2009, 14:00

Ya boiled elephant-yam taste very good with lemon juice, musturd paste and salt. It becomes a bit better by adding green chillies to it.

august · Oct 26th, 2009, 14:12

Have any one heard of taro?

theyyamdancer · Oct 26th, 2009, 15:37

Taro - a root vegetable, a little bit like a yam or a sweet potato - called kochu in Bengali. Sorry don't have any recipes. What were you planning to make?

august · Oct 28th, 2009, 10:56

taro can be prepared in the same way as yam with musturd paste and lemon juice and green chillies. the only difference is the yam is to be boiled and taro should be kept raw.
Soak the taro in water for an hour or so.
At first grate the taro.
press the grated taro between your palms and take out as much juice as possible. AS it will wash away toxins which may cause a little irritation otherwise while having it. Don't wash it with water at this stage.
now paste the grated taro along with green chillies.
Mix it with musturd paste and lemon juice.
It taste great wirh hot plain rice.

Oct 26th, 2009, 14:00	#93
august jaane bhi do yaaro Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: kolkata Posts: 33	Ya boiled elephant-yam taste very good with lemon juice, musturd paste and salt. It becomes a bit better by adding green chillies to it. __________________ the woods are lovely dark and deep, but i have promises to keep, and miles to go before i sleep.

Oct 26th, 2009, 15:37	#95
theyyamdancer lost in Mechuka member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Crete Posts: 4,426	Taro - a root vegetable, a little bit like a yam or a sweet potato - called kochu in Bengali. Sorry don't have any recipes. What were you planning to make? __________________ "Wandering seemed no more than the happiness of an anxious man." - Albert Camus

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Oct 9th, 2009, 03:22	#91
suricate Dog's Best Friend Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Blue Planet Posts: 140	A more common preparation would be boiled elephant-yam mixed with lemon-juice and mustard paste and salt.

Oct 26th, 2009, 14:12	#94
august jaane bhi do yaaro Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: kolkata Posts: 33	Have any one heard of taro?

Oct 28th, 2009, 10:56	#96
august jaane bhi do yaaro Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: kolkata Posts: 33	taro can be prepared in the same way as yam with musturd paste and lemon juice and green chillies. the only difference is the yam is to be boiled and taro should be kept raw. Soak the taro in water for an hour or so. At first grate the taro. press the grated taro between your palms and take out as much juice as possible. AS it will wash away toxins which may cause a little irritation otherwise while having it. Don't wash it with water at this stage. now paste the grated taro along with green chillies. Mix it with musturd paste and lemon juice. It taste great wirh hot plain rice.