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But ice creams, especially purple yam, enchanted the children at our table.

The avocado and purple yam are acquired tastes, but aficionados claim they're hard to shake - and hard to find anywhere but here.

The filling may consist of yema, purple yam, or makapuno, among others.

In Indonesia, the same purple yam is used for preparing desserts.

In Japan, the purple yam is popular as lightly deep fried tempura as well as being grilled or boiled.

Additionally, the purple yam is a common ingredient of yam ice cream with the signature purple color.

In the southern part, especially in Kerala, you can see both purple and white colored yams, locally known as "Kaachil or Kavuttu".

It uses ube (purple yam) as one of the primary ingredients giving it a characteristic deep purple color.

Strawberry, chocolate coated, purple yam ("ube"), peanut and cookies-and-cream flavoured polvorón also exist.