Ube
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- This article is about the vegetable. For the Japanese city, see Ube, Yamaguchi.
- For "UBE" as an abbreviation, see UBE.
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Ube (or ubi) is the Filipino word for purple yam (Dioscorea alata). In India, this vegetable is known as ratalu or violet yam or the Moraga Surprise. In the Philippines, ube is cooked with sugar and eaten as a sweetened dessert or jam called halaya ube which is a bright violet color. Ube is also an ingredient in the fruity dessert halo halo, another popular Filipino dessert.
In botany, this species is also known by the names "water yam" and "winged yam".
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Ube is now used in a variety of desserts, as well as a flavour for ice cream, Swiss rolls, tarts, cookies, cakes, and pastries.
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- Hopia, a Filipino pastry
