Have you ever eaten a taro vegetable? Taro is a common name for corms and tubers. This is native to South India and Southeast Asia, including my country Philippines. I grow up eating this type of vegetable. You can cook both the roots, the stem , and the leaves. We used to cook this with coconut milk and it's delicious!
A friend of mine gave me some roots to plant so I am trying to grow it in pots. I tried putting it in my garden but the moles keep eating the roots so I dug it out and transferred it to the pots. I hope that it will grow thick so I can dry the leaves and preserve it so I can cook them when I I am craving for it.
Some calls this an elephant ears, that's what I I heard when I first seen it in the store here being sold as an ornamental plant. I was like, "Oh my, that is vegetable for us and over here, it;s ornamental". I love it's starchy corm. I believe it is a staple food in Africa, South Indian cultures, and some parts of Asia.
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I have never tried eating Taro--I have seen it in stores on occasion and even though I tend not to like starchy foods I really think I should give this a try at least once in my life!
I've always called this elephant ears too. I had no clue people ate this. Amazing what I can learn!
I have honestly never heard of Taro before. It sounds like something that I should try though. How do you cook it?
I have never heard of it before. I will have to hunt to see if I can find seeds or at least locate it at a store to try.
Haha! It does look like elephant ears! I wonder if it has the same health benefits of other dark, leafy vegetables even though it is so starchy?
We call this plant in my language as "gabi" :D we play with it, drop some water but the water would just slide onto it.
oh that would be perfect for bicol express. I miss those.:)
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