Research Article

The Neglected Traditional Enset (Ensete ventricosum) Crop Landraces for the Sustainable Livelihood of the Local People in Southern Ethiopia

Table 7

Eating habits and food preparation methods for enset.

Landraces nameTypes of foodMethods of preparation

All the landracesKochoScrapped leaf sheath and grated corm mix, wrapped in enset and stored underground until fermented
All the landracesBullaScraping the leaf sheath peduncle, grating the corm into a pulp, and squeezing liquid containing starch from the pulp, allowing the resultant starch to concentrate into white powder and rehydrating with water