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hoja santa

Language: Spanish

Description: Sacred pepper.

hoja santa
Hoja santa or hierba santa leaves, ready to be added to a mole amarillo at the lovely Restaurante El Naranjo in Oaxaca City in Mexico

Pronounced: OH-hah SAHN-tah

Latin: Piper sanctum

Ethnicity: Mexican

Most frequent country: Mexico

See places: Mexican food and cuisine

See foods and dishes: tamales

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