What Is an Ube? Ube, meaning tuber in Tagalog, is a purple yam originally from the Philippines. Different than the purple sweet potato, it has an even sweeter, more mellow taste than its orange relative. Ube has a slightly nutty, vanilla taste and is popularly used in desserts in Filipino cuisine, often boiled and then mashed with condensed milk.
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In other words, ube is one versatile root vegetable—and no matter how you use it, you can trust that its mellow, complex and divinely creamy taste will please the palate. Is ube healthy? Although ube is often found in sweet treats, where it’s mixed with not-so-healthy ingredients like sugar and sweetened condensed milk, these purple yams actually have quite …
In the United States, ube is a popular flavor of ice cream and is becoming more common in other forms of desserts as it becomes more popular. In the Philippines, one common desserts is ube halaya or purple yam jam. It's made by grating cooked ube and then combining it with butter, evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk and coconut milk.
Ube, the purple yam, is popping up everywhere: ube donuts, ube latte, ube ice cream etc. But what exactly is it? What does it look like? And more specifically, what it IS NOT.
Native to Southeast Asia, ube is a purple yam whose glimmering purple center, mild, sweet flavor, and coconut-like aroma have made it a popular ingredient in traditional Filipino sweets.
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Ube, with its sweet and nutty flavor, meanwhile, is more suited for desserts. Here's how to try ube for yourself. Unlike sweet potatoes, you may have to hunt a little bit to find ube at the store.
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Dioscorea alata, also known as purple yam, ube (/ ˈ u b ɛ /, / ˈ u b eɪ /), or greater yam, among many other names, is a species of yam (a tuber). The tubers are usually a vivid violet-purple to bright lavender in color (hence the common name), but some range in …
What Is Ube? Pronounced ooh-beh, ube is is a starchy purple tuber (formally known as Dioscorea alata). Ube is native to Southeast Asia, with the Philippines being the country really known for cooking and baking with it. Nutrition-wise, ube is similar to a plain sweet potato, logging in at 120 calories, 27 g carbs, 4 g fiber, and 1 g protein.
UBE Corporation (UBE株式会社, Yū-bī-ī Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese chemical company manufacturing chemicals, plastics, battery materials, pharmaceuticals, cement, construction materials, and machinery.. The former company name is Ube Industries, Ltd. (宇部興産株式会社, Ube Kōsan Kabushiki-gaisha). The company was founded in 1897 when Sukesaku Watanabe …