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Calabaza fruits for sale in a supermarket in the Philippines Calabaza vine. Calabaza is the generic name in the Spanish language for any type of winter squash.Within an English-language context it specifically refers to the West Indian pumpkin, a winter squash typically grown in the West Indies, tropical America, and the Philippines.
Calabaza, a winter squash common in Cuba, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines Butternut squash is a variety of winter squash. Four species in the genus Cucurbita yield cultivars that are grown as winter squashes: C. argyrosperma, C. maxima, C. moschata, and C. pepo. Cultivars of winter squash that are round and orange are called pumpkins.
After a summer full of grilled zucchini and yellow squash, now is the perfect time to switch things up and cook some winter squash. So what exactly sets summer and winter squash varieties apart?
Cooking with squash is easy to do, especially in pastas, soups, and more. Look for these different types of winter and summer squash varieties.
1. Butternut Squash. Looks like: Maybe the most ubiquitous of the bunch, this oblong winter squash has a pale orange-brown exterior with a long stem and bulbous end.Its flesh is bright orange and ...
Ginataang kalabasa is found throughout the Philippines and is known under a variety of names. It is usually anglicized as "squash in coconut milk." It is also known as dinuldog in Cebuano, [2] kalabasa sa gata in Tagalog, kabasi ha gata in Tausug, pinggata a babasal in Maguindanao and nilatik na kalabasa in Hiligaynon.
It has common names including black seed squash, chilacayote, cidra, fig-leaf gourd, and Malabar gourd. Compared to other domesticated species in its genus, investigators have noted that samples of C. ficifolia from throughout its range are relatively similar to one other in morphology and genetic composition.
They are variously known as squash, pumpkin, or gourd, depending on species, variety, and local parlance. [ a ] Other kinds of gourd, also called bottle-gourds, are native to Africa and belong to the genus Lagenaria , which is in the same family and subfamily as Cucurbita , but in a different tribe , their young fruits are eaten much like those ...