Meaning of kakro | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A ball of mashed plantain and corn dough which is then fried.
   uncountable
2. A cultivar of cucumber found in Nepal, which is used often fried with sesame, salt, chili, and lemon in balls called ko achar.
   uncountable

Examples

“In any case they became a source of vexation to a certain woman who used to fry kakro, a kind of bun made from a mixture of plantain and corn dough, outside the walls of her house.”

“With Aho's group the younger men ate cooked cassava, peanut and kabana fish, kakro, tarts, beans and abodo”

“On a bench they lay fresh kakro (gold, crusty, puff balls of crushed plantain and banana), kelewele (crispy fried, yellow and brown slabs of plantain) and several cups of roasted groundnuts.”

“It is sometimes used as sugar substitute in the preparation ofboodoo (baked corn dough) or kakro (fried corn dough mixed with red plantain).”

“With that Pepe left with the mother's permission to see the woman nearby who was frying balls of kakro which let out an appetising flavour. The woman smiled at Pepe. He smiled back and took a ball of kakro and threw it into his mouth, "Mother will pay for that," he said after munching it. "Where have you been, schoolboy?" the kakro seller asked.”

“Most cucumber cultivars were grown in a large area/many households, except Barse kakro, grown by only two households.”

“Authentic kakro ko achar uses mustard oil, which has wonderful preservative qualities and flavor but is hard to find.”

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