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Ang Nilagang Ube / Purple Yam


Do you remember when the last time you ate ube (purple yam)? Perhaps you are eating ube macapuno at this moment. You might had halo-halo yesterday, eaten ube haleya last week -  a pulvoron or a yogurt. Those product are made out of ube or as one of the ingredients. I am not referring to those processed products however. I am talking about the plain boiled ube.

nilagang ube

I got this chunk of boiled ube from mom’s house. I missed this one, really! Its texture is similar to boiled camote but it lacks moisture. Every bite makes me thirsty.

Sweet potato taste slightly sweet but ube is bland. Not even a slight taste of sweetness. So why I want to eat such? I never know why. Maybe the color is attractive or I just want to eat it for no reasons – like eating a plain boiled cassava.

We used to boil root crops on a regular basis. Our favorite were gabi, cassava, ube and sweet potato.

I gave some to my toddler. Sad! He gave it back to me then spit out the remaining piece.



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