I came across a vegetable in the supermarket the other day that I’ve not seen since China.
I always referred to it as a taro, but it seems it has several varieties, and this one was an eddoe.
Wikipedia refers to the flavour as:
…an acrid taste that requires careful cooking…
It’s a lot like a potatoe, but when cooked it goes crumbly and purple, and tastes kind of like… ice cream. Hard to describe really. In China it’s very popular, both fried as a main course, and as a dessert.
Cutting the skin releases some slightly toxic chemicals so you have to be careful! Cooking removes the toxins and you’re left with an unusual food.
Taro ice cream certainly has something special about it! The idea isn’t pleasant, but the taste is marvellous! 🙂
I can’t even begin to explain how badly I now want to try this…
We call it Saru in India..
In Costa Rica is very popular, used in a wide variety of dishes.
we call it, Ñampi (taro).
This kind of stuff is available everywhere in China. Chinese like this food and call it as Yutou.