they can be:
boiled plain: White or yellow yams are peeled, sliced up, usually into pieces about 3 centimeters, and boiled in water with salt
fried: White or yellow yams are cut up into long thin squares and fried in vegetable oil or palm oil
asaro: White or yellow yams are peeled, sliced, and diced into small cubes, then cooked with ground tomatoes, peppers, sometimes meat, other spices, and comes out reddish in color.
ikokore: It is similar to asaro but made with a different type of yam called 'water yam' that is softer in texture, and when cooked, usually comes out more brownish in color.
iyan (pounded yam): The yams are peeled, and ground up on a mortar. Then this 'powder' is placed into boiling water until it has a thick smooth structure. Nowadays, you can bypass the grounding stage by buying the 'pounded yam flour', and putting this in boiling water to make something which is close enough for some people, but not for others.
amala: dish made from yams, but first, the yams are ground and dried to form a powder. This powder is then put into boiling water, and stirred/beaten until it has a thick smooth structure. The cooked product ends up being very dark brown in color.
Mostly for us, Yams are used for a Thanksgiving food but, in other parts of the world, Yams are used for different reasons. The Native Americans used yams for medical reasons.
In yams, Y is a consonant.
Unoka sowed his yams on used up farms, with poor soil, that took little effort to clear, but produced poor harvests.
Artists, prepare your palates for yams! Yams ahoy! I'd really like another portion of yams, please.
Yams are mixtures.
Yellow duckie has been posted so I'm just reiterating. But we used "Yams," bought a bottle of YAMS baby food!
Yams are not known in Romania.
One can make a wide variety of things with yams! In Vietnam, it is traditional to make a soup with yams. It is also common in other parts of the world to mash yams. In the Philippines, they use purple yams into desserts.
There is no standard collective noun for the noun 'yams'. However, any noun that suits the situation can function as a collective noun; for example, a basket of yams, a bowl of yams, a can of yams, etc.
Yams are native to Africa and Asia.
Yes yams can grow in soil
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The yams have a very low level of uric acid. The acid level of the yams range between 6.5 and 7.5.
Yams were dug out from under the earth's surface.