green banana

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green
adjective
uk
/ɡriːn/us
/ɡriːn/
of a colour between blue and yellow; of the colour ...
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banana
noun[C or U]
uk
/bəˈnɑː.nə/us
/bəˈnæn.ə/
a long, curved fruit with a yellow skin and soft, sweet, white ...
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(Definition ofgreenandbananafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Regional specialties include pollo con tajadas (fried fish with friedgreenbananachips) fried fish, carne asada, and baleadas.
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Snail congee is called cho c, and canh c chui u, is a thin snail soup withgreenbanana, fried tofu and ta t.
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The masa consists of typically gratedgreenbanana, green plantain, taro (yauta), potato, and tropical pumpkins known as calabazas.
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The starch traditionally comes from ugali (maize meal) or matoke (boiled and mashedgreenbanana), in the south, or an ugali made from pearl millet in the north.
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The masa consists of gratedgreenbanana"(pasteles de guineo)" or green plantains "(pasteles de pltano)", liquid from the meat mixture, milk, and annatto oil.
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It worked very well until a supervisor decided to cut costs by buying even cheaper green bananas.
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Rice and cooked green bananas are also important staples.
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It is commonly found in cooked and cooled potatoes, green bananas, beans and legumes.
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The peeled matooke (green bananas) are cooked in the prepared sauce of byenda (offals) until the matooke is ready.
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Ground green bananas stuffed with meat are packed inside and then boiled with the banana leaf imparting extra flavor and aroma.
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In "alcapurrias", it is also ground with green bananas and made into fried croquettes containing "picadillo" or sea food.
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The cup nest is built in a tree fork or in a bunch of green bananas, and the normal clutch is two brown-blotched white eggs.
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This mixture is centered in dough made mainly of green bananas with a small portion of plantain, yauta, and potato.
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Some of the members of the family cut the green bananas and season them while others prepare the masa (dough).
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The boiled vegetables, green bananas, and chayote are then sauteed with peppers, lots of olive oil and vinegar.
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Although usually consisting mainly of grated green bananas and yautias, they can also contain plantains.
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The dough surrounding the meat, the "masa", is made primarily of green bananas and "yautia" and may contain grated "calabazas" (tropical pumpkins), potato, plantains, and other starchy tropical tubers.
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Cayeye is made by cooking small green bananas or plantains in water, then mashing and mixing them with refrito, made with onions, garlic, red bell pepper, tomato and achiote.
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Saaru, a spicy pepper water, is another essential part of the menu, and so are jackfruit, colocasia leaves, raw green bananas, mango pickle, red chillies, and salt.
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