
Roots and Tubers (Yams)
Roots and tubers (yams) are staple foods in Sri Lanka, rich in nutrients and flavor. Common varieties include kiri ala (white yam), kahala, innala, and bataala (sweet potato), used in traditional curries and steamed dishes.
ラジャ アーラ (රාජ අල)
「ディオスコレア・アラタ」は、一般に紫芋、ウベ、紫芋、または水芋と呼ばれるヤムイモの一種です。この塊根野菜は東南アジア原産で、しばしばタロイモと混同されます。フィリピン固有の主食で、現在では世界中で栽培され、楽しまれています。紫色のヤムは、皮が灰褐色で果肉が紫色で、調理するとジャガイモのように柔らかい食感になります。甘くてナッツのような風味があり、甘いものから風味豊かな料理までさまざまな料理に使用されます。さらに、ビタミン、ミネラル、抗酸化物質が豊富に含まれており、それらはすべて健康に役立つ可能性があります。
紫芋の7つの驚くべき健康上の利点。
- 栄養価が高い
- 抗酸化物質が豊富
- 血糖値の管理に役立つ可能性があります
- 血圧を下げるのに役立つ可能性があります
- 喘息のリスクと症状を軽減する可能性があります
- 腸の健康を促進する
- 非常に多用途
サトイモの根はサトイモの植物から成長し、ムラサキヤムイモとは異なり、ヤムイモの一種ではありません。紫芋は信じられないほど栄養価の高いでんぷん質の根菜です。それらの強力な抗酸化物質は、血圧と血糖値を下げるのに役立ちます。美味しくて色も鮮やかなので、甘くておいしい料理に幅広く使える刺激的な食材です。
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Arrow root (හුලංකීරිය)
Arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea) is a tropical tuber native to Indonesia. People use the root and rhizome (underground stem) of arrowroot as a source of starch. It is usually processed into a powder.
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Sweet Potato (කහ බතල)
The sweet potato or sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.
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Asparagus racemosus (හාතවාරිය අල)
Asparagus racemosus is a woody, climbing plant used in Ayurvedic medicine. It's considered endangered and It might also stimulate the immune system.
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Casava (මඤ්ඤොක්කා)
Cassava, (Manihot esculenta), also called manioc, mandioca, or yuca, tuberous edible plant of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) from the American tropics. It is cultivated throughout the tropical world for its tuberous roots, from which cassava flour, breads, tapioca are derived
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Elephant Foot Yam (කිඩාරන් අල)
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, the elephant foot yam or whitespot giant arum, is a tropical tuber crop grown primarily in Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia. Because of its production potential and popularity as a vegetable in various cuisines.
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Dioscorea esculenta ( කුකුළල)
Dioscorea esculenta, commonly known as the lesser yam, is a yam species native to Island Southeast Asia and introduced to Near Oceania and East Africa by early Austronesian voyagers. It is grown for their edible tubers, though it has smaller tubers.
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Indian Shot (බුත්සරණ)
Buthsarana grows well in the wet zone and lowlands of Sri Lanka. This yam variety grows up to 5-6 feet producing aggregated yams. Its leaves are fairly wide and elongated.
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Chinese potato (ඉනි අල)
commonly known as native or country potato in Africa and called Chinese potato in India, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the mint family. It is cultivated for its edible tubers primarily in West Africa, as well as more recently in parts of Asia.
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Five Leaf Yam (කටු අල)
Five Leaf Yam is climbing plant, with compound leaves. Tubers are irregular, usually long ovoid, transverse section white when fresh, becoming brown, roots fibrous. Leaves are alternately arranged on the twining stems
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Greater yam (රාජ අල)
Dioscorea alata, also known as purple yam or greater yam is a species of yam. The tubers are usually a vivid violet-purple to bright lavender in color, but some range in color from cream to plain white.
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Higurala (හිඟුරල)
Hingurala is a species of yam. These are very useful food for pregnant women, they are a very valuable medicine that helps to fix the walls of the uterus and strengthen the fetus.
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Lotus Root (නෙලුම් අල)
lotus root is actually the stem of the plant. Growing as long as four feet.Fresh roots are light brown in colour while the matured ones are dark brown.
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Taro (ගහල අල)
Colocasia esculenta is a tropical plant grown primarily for its edible corms, a root vegetable most commonly known as taro, among many other names.