cassava leaves
Yuca plant foliage
Cassava leaves are the edible foliage of the cassava plant, a tropical root crop.
While the starchy root is the primary food source, the leaves are nutritious greens widely consumed in African, Southeast Asian, and South American cuisines.
They require thorough cooking to neutralize naturally occurring cyanide compounds: She pounded the cassava leaves before simmering them in coconut milk.
- maniocTropical root yielding tapioca
- root vegetableEdible subterranean plant part
- greensLeafy edible plants
- stewSlow-simmered meat dish
- poundedStruck hard, repeatedly
African · West African · soup · bitter · bitter taste · cooking · cooking pot · tropical · vitamin · harvest · mortar · pestle · palm oil · fish · village · village life · garden · boiling
- Zambian foodcaterpillars, dried fish, bream, tilapia, groundnuts
- African foodsbrochettes, brochette, tilapia
- cassava foodstapioca, tapioca flour, tapioca pearls, tapioca pudding, tapioca starch
- famine foodspotato peels, tree bark, nettles, acorns, sawdust
- leafy greensspinach, kale, curly kale, collard greens, lettuce
- Indonesian saladspeanut sauce, fried tofu, tofu puffs, palm sugar, tamarind
leafy greens vs starches
cassava leavescassava root
root vegetables · tubers · yams · potatoes · sweet potato