Taro, or inhâme, is a delicious, starchy root vegetable eaten all over the world. In Brasil we eat taro like a potato, mashed, steamed in soups, deep fried!
The only way one should never eat taro is raw. It has toxic properties while raw. When making this recipe, please cook the roots for the whole 45 minutes and add the baking soda to cancel out the Oxalate toxins.
The leaves are also edible, we cook it like a 'tropical spinach'.
"Taro has better nutritional qualities than a potato. It has almost three times the dietary fiber, which is important for proper digestive health and regularity. Fiber can also fill you up and make you feel less hungry with fewer calories. Taro root has a low Glycemic Index, as opposed to potato which has a high Glycemic Index."
http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/nutrition/healthy-eating/the-nutrition-of-taro.html#b
Ingredients:
- 2 Lb of taro (any Portuguese, Brasilian, south eastern Asian food stores should cary it)
- 5 garlic cloves, chopped small
- Half of a large onion, chopped
- half a pint of grape tomatoes, whole
- 1 vegetable bullion cube
- 5 cups or more of boiling water
- A pinch of baking soda
- 5-6 collard green leaves, washed and cut
- 4-5 springs each of scallions, parsley and cilantro. This is the Brasilian herb trinity, we use it on EVERYTHING!
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 teaspoons of paprika
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
The only way one should never eat taro is raw. It has toxic properties while raw. When making this recipe, please cook the roots for the whole 45 minutes and add the baking soda to cancel out the Oxalate toxins.
The leaves are also edible, we cook it like a 'tropical spinach'.
"Taro has better nutritional qualities than a potato. It has almost three times the dietary fiber, which is important for proper digestive health and regularity. Fiber can also fill you up and make you feel less hungry with fewer calories. Taro root has a low Glycemic Index, as opposed to potato which has a high Glycemic Index."
http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/nutrition/healthy-eating/the-nutrition-of-taro.html#b
Ingredients:
- 2 Lb of taro (any Portuguese, Brasilian, south eastern Asian food stores should cary it)
- 5 garlic cloves, chopped small
- Half of a large onion, chopped
- half a pint of grape tomatoes, whole
- 1 vegetable bullion cube
- 5 cups or more of boiling water
- A pinch of baking soda
- 5-6 collard green leaves, washed and cut
- 4-5 springs each of scallions, parsley and cilantro. This is the Brasilian herb trinity, we use it on EVERYTHING!
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 teaspoons of paprika
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
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