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Glossary Selection
Pappadums | |||
 | Papad (also papadum, papadam, and appalam) is an Indian and Sri Lankan flatbread. Typically, it is prepared using black gram bean flour, rice flour, or lentil flour with salt and peanut oil added. The ingredients are made into a dough and formed into a thin, round shape similar to a tortilla. As the dough is prepared, the papadum can be seasoned with a variety of different ingredients such as chilies, cumin, garlic, black pepper, or other spices. Papadums are cooked by deep-frying in oil, which causes them to expand and crispen. They may also be cooked by roasting them over an open flame, or even in a toaster oven. Depending on the cooking method they may be either soft and moist or crisp in texture. Most often served as a complement to a main dish, they are also eaten as a snack or as an appetizer to be topped with chutney, various dips or salsas. Commonly made in different sizes, the smaller ones are for snacks and the larger variety may be used as a food wrap. | ||
Plantain | |||
 | These are related to bananas. but must be cooked before eating. Like bananas they are sweeter when ripe. press gently to see whether they seem soft. They are difficult to peel, slice sections vertically through to do so. available in Hispanic markets. | ||
Pimentón | |||
| Paprika, or ground sweet red pepper, from Spain. | |||
Paella Negra | |||
| A Spanish Dish of rice cooked in fish stock with squid ink, squid, shrimp, fish, garlic and peppers. | |||
Postres | |||
| Desserts | |||
Pollo Villeroy | |||
| Pollo Villeroy is a chicken breast coated with a thick white sauce, then breaded and fried. | |||
Pescado y Mariscos | |||
| fish and shellfish | |||
Palm nut oil | |||
 | Natural Red Palm Oil is produced from the fruit of the oil palm, Elaeis guineensis. It is a vegetable oil, not from an animal or dairy product and therefore does not contain any cholesterol. Natural Red Palm Oil is sometimes confused with Palm Kernel Oil. These are quite different in composition. Palm Kernel Oil is similar to Coconut oil in fatty acid composition which makes it a good oil, yet it is much different than oil made from the fruit. Palm Kernel Oil does not contain the high amounts of antioxidants found in Natural Red Palm Oil. | ||
Puerco | |||
| Pork | |||
Pato | |||
| Duck | |||