plantain leaf
Broad cooking wrapper
The large, flexible leaf of the plantain plant, used in tropical cuisines for wrapping food before steaming or grilling.
Plantain leaves impart subtle flavor and keep contents moist during cooking: tamales wrapped in plantain leaves, fish steamed in a plantain leaf.
They also serve as natural plates or liners in traditional dishes.
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- cookingPreparing food with heat
- food wrapperMaterial around edibles
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material type for food wrapping/serving
plantain leafplastic wrap
Thin clingy food covering
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