Among the clues: One Polynesian word for sweet potato — "kuumala" — resembles "kumara," or "cumal," the words for the vegetable in Quechua, a language spoken by Andean natives.

The once lowly kumara or sweet potato is being reborn as a kind of hip, orange super food. Gone are the days when the only time Americans encountered the tuber was mashed up and topped with ...

Joe and Fay Gock fled to New Zealand in the 1940s from China. This rhyme-filled short documentary, How Mr. and Mrs. Gock Saved the Kumara, tells the tale of how they repaid their host country by ...

3. Sprinkle with garlic and thyme. Season again with salt and pepper and pour cream over. Cover with tin foil and bake for 50 minutes. Remove the foil and sprinkle over the parmesan.

750g potatoes. 750g kumara (orange sweet potato - thinly sliced) 250g packet frozen spinach - thawed. 1 cup grated tasty cheese. 300ml cream. 1/2 cup milk ...

Genetic analysis suggests that sweet potatoes were present in Polynesia over 100,000 years ago, ... “kuumala,” is extremely similar to the Andean people’s Quechuan word, “kumara.” ...

Sweet potato tips. Sweet potatoes, or kumara, are not really potatoes at all — they belong to a different family of plants — ...

Sweet potatoes have been travelling the world for more than 1,000 years. Credit: Topic Photo Agency/Corbis. The humble sweet potato is an immigrant to Oceania. ... and 'kumara', 'cumar' or 'cumal ...

SERVES: 4 Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes Ingredients. 1 onion (or a leek or shallots), diced 2-3 potatoes (leave skin on), diced 1-2cm (or a large Kumara, or 2 cups diced pumpkin) ...

Sweet potatoes are a popular root vegetable, packed with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and fiber. Here are 6 surprising health benefits of sweet potatoes.

Kaipara Kumara managing director Anthony Blundell told Mike Hosking that it's not a major blow to either party. He says that variety of sweet potato isn't too dissimilar to the kumara they grow ...