Taro fritters made from mashed taro. Eat them dipped in syrup or honey. Photos: Rainer Kraska/Lou Joon Yee
Plantain is the first item on almost every menu of restaurants we visited in Cuba (Havana, Trinidad de Cuba, Santa Clara, Cienfuegos, Cayo Santa Maria) – fried crispy thin, or chewy-soft filled with tuna, ham, minced meat or cheese, or boiled in syrup.
It is less sugary and more starchy than its relative, the banana.
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