plantain
山竹,车前草,大蕉,车厘子
Definitions
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- : a tropical plant, Musa paradisiaca, of the banana family, resembling the banana.
- : its fruit, eaten cooked as a staple food in tropical regions.
Examples
So, when I made it again, I reduced the number of plantains for the topping from four to three and added fresh garlic to the mash.
This Navy Yard spot channels Puerto Rico through a relaxed, waterside vibe and lots of fried plantains and rum.
Tucking into a takeout box of green plantains, rice and seared tilapia, Mayorkas spoke of his parents.
Other side dish options include fine-cut sauteed cabbage, dense and delicious fried plantains, and a creamed spinach any steakhouse would be happy to claim.
The guests’ favorites — like rice, beans and plantains — became staples in the kitchen.
Strain into a Collins glass filled with ice and garnish with a semi peeled baby plantain.
It is a simple Puerto Rican cow's milk cheese called queso de hoja and it is wrapped in a plantain leaf.
Add plantain slices and fry for 15 minutes but do not brown.
Crush a portion of the fried plantain slices and add the chopped turkey.
The plant from which is made what is called Manila hemp belongs to the same family as the banana and the plantain.
How, or when, or why the plant lost its old English names to take the Latin name of Plantain, it is hard to say.
But the Plantain did not long sustain its high reputation, which even in Shakespeare's time had become much diminished.
Alisma, al-iz′ma, n. a small genus of aquatic plants, the chief being the common water-plantain.
Though this plantain is inferior in quality to most of the others it affords great subsistence to the natives.