Ube

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Ube (Purple Yam)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Dioscoreales Family: Dioscoreaceae Genus: Dioscorea Species: D. alata
Binomial name
Dioscorea alata L.

Ube (or ubi) is the Filipino word for purple yam (Dioscorea alata). It contain pigments that gives its violet color . In India, this vegetable is known as ratalu or violet yam or the Moraga Surprise. In Japan this is called murasaki imo. In Tonga: ʻufi (and is considered there as a royal food), in Hawaiʻi: uhi, in Tahiti: ufi. 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."

Contents 1 History 2 References 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

Ube is now used in a variety of desserts, as well as a flavour for ice cream, milk, Swiss rolls, tarts, cookies, cakes, and other pastries.

[edit] References

• Dioscorea alata (TSN 43372). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 18 February 2006.

[edit] See also

• Hopia, a Filipino pastry

[edit] External links

• Asia Food Glossary Page