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Rujak refers to a kind of fruit salad from Indonesia with a savory spicy sauce. Another variations of Rujak is with spicy peanut sauce.. Rujak is also the name of Brunei's spiced fruit salad.
Renkon is the Japanese word for "lotus roots". It is also known in as East Indian lotus, It is known in Japanese as Hasu.
The lotus root is a very popular ingredient in many Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese dishes, and it is appreciated for its visual appearance and its crunchy texture.
The following is the name of Lotus Root in different languages:
Chinese: lin, leen ngau, lianou
Filipino:baino
French:lotus sacré, feve d'Egypte, lis du Nil, rose du Nil, racines de lotus
German: Lotuswurzel, Indischer Lotus, Ägyptische Bohne
Hindi :kanwal, kamal
Indonesian: teratai, seroja merah, padma, pekaja
Italian:loto d'Egitto, giglio de nilo
Korean:yon-gun
Malay:teratai, serata, ubi teratai
Portuguese:lotus do Egipto
Spanish:loto sagrado, rosa del Nilo, haba de Egipto
Vietnamese:cu sen
Rebosado is a culinary term in the Philippines which means battered, cooked with butter or cooked with butter and egg. Camaron Rebosado is actually made of shrimps individually dipped in batter then fried.
Relyeno also spelled Relleno refers to one of the traditional dishes from the Philippines. It is a stuffed or filled food. Examples of Relyeno dishes are Relyenong Talong which is grilled eggplant stuffed with ground meat. Relyenong Bangus is made up of milkfish which is deboned and filled by its own meat.
Please see related article and pictures of Relyenong Bangus in my Blog - www.glorious-food-glossary.blogspot.com which is entitled "Filipino Food - Relyenong Bangus"