I was looking for Jicama in a few stores the other day and kept seeing
Malanga- so I finally bought a couple pounds. [took me 4 stores to
find a Jicama-- and that one only had a few days left on its life. I
don't use it often, but I've never had trouble finding it before]

Then when I went looking for Malanga recipes I didn't find a whole lot
of them.

I tasted it raw & it seems like a not-so-starchy potato with some real
nice nutty background.

Fried up nicely so I think I try some fritters that are reminiscent of
latkes.

I'm looking at a simple cream of Malanga soup. [Malanga, roasted
garlic & stock]

Anything I *have* to try while I'm playing with Malanga?

Jim

On Jan 3, 7:57*am, Jim Elbrecht > wrote:
> I was looking for Jicama in a few stores the other day and kept seeing
> Malanga- *so I finally bought a couple pounds. [took me 4 stores to
> find a Jicama-- and that one only had a few days left on its life. * I
> don't use it often, but I've never had trouble finding it before]
>
> Then when I went looking for Malanga recipes I didn't find a whole lot
> of them.
>
> I tasted it raw & it seems like a not-so-starchy potato with some real
> nice nutty background.
>
> Fried up nicely so I think I try some fritters that are reminiscent of
> latkes.
>
> I'm looking at a simple cream of Malanga soup. [Malanga, roasted
> garlic & stock]
>
> Anything I *have* to try while I'm playing with Malanga?
>
> Jim

It looks like taro, so I would make wu gok.