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puto

/ˈpuːtoʊ/

Meanings
noun
A rice cake cooked by boiling or steaming rice.

Examples :

"My mother made delicious puto for our family breakfast. "
food culture

Related Words

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cooked verb

/kʊkt/

To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.

"My mom cooked a delicious pasta dish for dinner. "

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cake noun

/keɪk/

A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.

"For dessert, my mom baked a delicious chocolate cake. "

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made noun

/meɪd/

A grub or maggot.

"The compost pile attracted many small, white made. "

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mother noun

/ˈmʌðə(ɹ)/ /ˈmʌðɚ/

A (human) female who has given birth to a baby

"He had something of his mother in him."

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for preposition

/fɔːr/

During the period of.

"He worked for three years."

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boiling verb

/ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/

(of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.

"Boil some water in a pan."

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family noun

/ˈfɛm(ɘ)li/ /ˈfæm(ɪ)li/ /ˈfæm(ə)li/

A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.

"Our family lives in town."

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delicious adjective

/dɪˈlɪʃəs/ /diˈlɪʃəs/

Pleasing to taste; tasty.

"The pizza was delicious, so I ate two slices. "

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by noun

/baɪ/

A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey.

"The bee diligently collected pollen from the flowers. "

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rice noun

/ɹaɪs/

Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.

"My family enjoys eating rice with their dinner every night. "

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steaming verb

/ˈstiːm.ɪŋ/

To cook with steam.

"The best way to cook artichokes is to steam them."

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breakfast noun

/ˈbɹɛkfəst/

The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

"You should put more protein in her breakfast so she will grow."