Glossary U

Udon noodles refers to a wWhite wheat flour noodles used in Japanese and Vietnamese cooking. They may be round or flat. Udon noodles is cook in boiling water or Miso soup before used

Ukoy is a Filipino vegetable patty, of mixed vegetables, or of flour and vegetables; a variation is a combination of shrimps, tofu, and vegetable patty

Ulang (ustacidae) is a Filipino word for crayfish. It also refers to giant freshwater prawn (macrobrachium rosenbergii)

Upo (lagenaria leucantha) is a Filipino word for bottle gourd. Mostly cut into small cubes, then sauteed with some meat or shrimps tomake a Ginisang Upo.

Uraro or arrowroot cookies is a Filipino delicacy which are made from first class high fiber Extract of arrowroot: a herbaceous plant which are organically grown in the fertile lands

Umqobothi is referring to South African home-brewed Sorghum beer