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Flowers Tubers, with a ruler for scale. Coleus rotundifolius, synonyms Plectranthus rotundifolius and Solenostemon rotundifolius, [1] commonly known as native potato or country potato in Africa and called Chinese potato in India, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the mint family (Lamiaceae) native to tropical Africa.
Dioscorea polystachya or Chinese yam (simplified Chinese: 山药; traditional Chinese: 山藥), also called cinnamon-vine, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the yam family. It is sometimes called Chinese potato or by its Korean name ma. [3] [2] It is also called huaishan in Mandarin and wàaih sāan in Cantonese.
It is made from boiled and fried cubed potatoes served with chat masala. It is a versatile dish that has many regional variations. [2] The word alu means potatoes in Hindi and the word chat is derived from Hindi word chatna, which means tasting. Thus, alu chat means a savory potato snack.
Dioscorea bulbifera (commonly known as the air potato, air yam, bitter yam, cheeky yam, potato yam, [2] aerial yam, [3] and parsnip yam [4]) is a species of true yam in the yam family, Dioscoreaceae. It is native to Africa, Asia and northern Australia. [ 1 ]
Classic potato latkes are made from hand-grated potatoes fried in oil. The Hanukkah staple is said to have roots in an old Italian Jewish custom. The original latkes were made of deep-fried ricotta.
The potato (/ p ə ˈ t eɪ t oʊ /) is a starchy tuberous vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are underground tubers of the plant Solanum tuberosum, a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern United States to southern Chile.
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Even though the word aloo (आलू) means potato in Hindi, [8] traditional Goan vindalho does not include potatoes; the name is from Portuguese with no Hindi etymology. Some Indian versions do include potatoes due to the confusion with the Hindi aloo, [9] and vindaloo dishes outside India often include potatoes. Prawn vindaloo served with ...