Banana pith
Appearance
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Banana pithorbanana stem,is avegetableharvested from the starchy inner core ofbananapseudostems.It is used similarly toheart of palmsin the cuisines of thePhilippines,Malaysia,Indochina,Sri Lanka,Myanmarand southernIndia.[1][2][3][4]
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- ^Padam, Birdie Scott; Tin, Hoe Seng; Chye, Fook Yee; Abdullah, Mohd Ismail (December 2014)."Banana by-products: an under-utilized renewable food biomass with great potential".Journal of Food Science and Technology.51(12): 3527–3545.doi:10.1007/s13197-012-0861-2.PMC4252442.PMID25477622.
- ^Kennedy, Jean (2009)."Bananas and People in the Homeland of GenusMusa:Not just pretty fruit ".Ethnobotany Research & Applications.7:179–197.doi:10.17348/era.7.0.179-197.hdl:10125/12514.
- ^Khoo, Hedy (2 November 2017)."Stir-fry banana stems for a delightful crunch".The Straits Times.Retrieved8 February2021.
- ^Robert, Claudia Saw Lwin; Pe, Win; Hutton, Wendy (2014-02-04).The Food of Myanmar: Authentic Recipes from the Land of the Golden Pagodas.Tuttle Publishing.ISBN978-1-4629-1368-8.