malanga
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- noun
- /məˈlɑŋɡə/
- US
- You can make delicious fritters by mixing shredded malanga with spices and frying them until golden.
- malanga and potatoes
- malanga, peeled
Examples
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There was yuca malanga, all these starchy root vegetables in there with beans.
Blog text (33) -
I've known old men who lived for months on end on nothing but the malanga they dug out of other people's land.
Fiction book (1991) -
- Vinyl,a film by Andy Warhol starring Gerard Malanga.
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Steven Malanga ("Union U.," City Journal, Summer 2003) exposes the radicalization of yet another academic field, labor studies, now promoting a one-sided political agenda, recruiting students as pro-union activists, and turning the idea of liberal education on whatever is left of its head.
Academic text (2003) -
(Emilio Salgari once had one of his characters flee from enemies in a tropical landscape and hide behind a leafy tree—a malanga, according to Salgari.)
Fiction book (2001) -
I believe that what makes the menu successful for both native and sophisticated palates is its basic cultural integrity—not the addition of caviar to pancakes based on a puree of the taro called malanga.
Academic text (1991) -
In Caribbean cuisine, malanga is often added to soups for its rich, starchy texture.
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To prepare a hearty stew, include chunks of malanga along with your favorite vegetables and meat.
Synonyms
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A large root vegetable with sweet, starchy flesh you cook or bake
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A tropical plant with large starchy roots used for food
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A plant from hot countries with large leaves and thick roots used to make arrowroot flour
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A tropical plant with starchy roots cooked like yams or potatoes
A tropical plant with large edible roots cooked like yams or potatoes
A tropical American plant with large edible tubers cooked like yams
A tropical plant with edible tubers cooked like yams or potatoes
A tropical plant with thick roots you eat cooked like potatoes
A tropical plant with white flowers whose root makes arrowroot starch used in cooking
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Etymology
Malanga comes from a Caribbean native word used by the Taíno people for a starchy root they ate. Think of it like a local name for a tuber, like 'taro' or 'yam', which is why malanga today means a starchy root vegetable you cook like a potato.