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Tag: marchanta

Definitions tagged marchanta in the street dictionary.

Guanimo

A roll of dough made from mashed plantains and other ingredients, usually sweet, wrapped in a plantain leaf and boiled. It is a traditional snack sold by female street vendors known as marchantas, particularly in the northern Cibao region. (Note: This is the Dominican equivalent of a tamale, though it often uses a plantain-based dough and is frequently sweet.)

Vendor: I have okra, lettuce, mango, tilapia, GUANIMOS, sweet corn, sapodilla, etc. Margot, stop for the vendor, I am going to wolf down a guanimo with a mabi bark drink!

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