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Nuegados is a traditional plate from many countries in Latin America and many villages in La Mancha, Spain such as Valdepeñas, Membrilla and La Solana. Nuégados are "nothing more than fried dumplings coated with a sweet sugar cane sauce" [ 1 ] or honey in La Mancha.
Muchines de yuca are a typical dish from Ecuador. Its main component is cassava, a tuber with high energy properties, which grows in the coastal region of Ecuador. Although it is widely present in the coastal region, it is very popular in Ambato, where it is consumed as part of breakfast.
Yuca frita con chicharrón is deep-fried yuca and served with curtido (a pickled cabbage, onion and carrot topping) and pork rinds or pepesquitas (fried baby sardines). The cassava is sometimes served boiled instead of fried. Cassava is also used in nuegados (a fried or baked patty made of grated cassava and served with sugar cane syrup).
Pan de yuca (Spanish for Cassava bread) is a type of bread made of cassava starch and cheese typical of western Ecuador and southern Colombia. History
Yuca con mojo, or yuca with sauce, is a traditional Cuban side dish made by marinating yuca root (also known as cassava) in garlic, lime, and olive oil. Often, onions are included in the marinade. Often, onions are included in the marinade.
The oldest direct evidence of cassava cultivation comes from a 1,400-year-old Maya site, Joya de Cerén, in El Salvador. [14] It became a staple food of the native populations of northern South America, southern Mesoamerica, and the Taino people in the Caribbean islands , who grew it using a high-yielding form of shifting agriculture by the ...
Yucca is a genus of perennial shrubs and trees in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. [2] Its 40–50 species are notable for their rosettes of evergreen, tough, sword-shaped leaves and large terminal panicles of white or whitish flowers.
Yucca gigantea (syn. Yucca elephantipes) is a species of flowering plant in the asparagus family, native to Mexico and Central America.Growing up to 8–12 m (26–39 ft) in height, [3] it is an evergreen shrub which is widely cultivated as an ornamental garden or house plant, often referred to simply as yucca cane. [4]