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Subelement Y5

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Section Y5B

Global yam recipes

What is the Nigerian dish "asaro"?

  • Fermented yam beverage
  • Correct Answer
    Yam porridge cooked with palm oil and peppers
  • Yam-wrapped fish
  • Yam ice cream
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What distinguishes Jamaican "bammy" from other yam preparations?

  • It's always served raw
  • It's a sweet dessert with chocolate
  • It contains animal blood
  • Correct Answer
    It's a flatbread made from grated and pressed yam
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Which Caribbean dish combines yams with other starchy vegetables and meat in a boiled preparation?

  • Correct Answer
    Oil down
  • Cou-cou
  • Rundown
  • Pelau
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What is the Japanese dish "tororo"?

  • Yam ice cream
  • Fried yam balls
  • Correct Answer
    Grated mountain yam with a slimy texture
  • Yam-stuffed dumplings
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Which preparation technique is used for Korean "ma"?

  • Sun-drying whole
  • Correct Answer
    Steaming and then drying slices
  • Fermenting with garlic
  • Freezing and eating like ice cream
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What is "mpotompoto" in Ghanaian cuisine?

  • Yam-based alcoholic drink
  • Yam leaf salad
  • Yam seed porridge
  • Correct Answer
    Yam soup or porridge
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Which Filipino dessert prominently features purple yam?

  • Correct Answer
    Ube halaya
  • Balut
  • Sinigang
  • Adobo
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What is the main ingredient in the Chinese dessert "taro cake" (wu tao gou)?

  • True yam (Dioscorea)
  • Cassava
  • Correct Answer
    Taro root (closely related to but distinct from true yams)
  • Sweet potato
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What preparation technique is used for the Indian dish "senai kilangu varuval"?

  • Boiling and mashing
  • Correct Answer
    Frying with spices
  • Fermenting for 30 days
  • Drying and powdering
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Which technique is essential in preparing the Vietnamese dish "canh khoai mỡ"?

  • Smoking over open flame
  • Freeze-drying
  • Burying underground for 30 days
  • Correct Answer
    Simmering in a soup with pork
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What cooking approach is used for yam in the Brazilian dish "caruru"?

  • Correct Answer
    Cooking with okra, shrimp, and palm oil
  • Baking with cheese
  • Serving raw with lime juice
  • Fermenting with cassava
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