The versatile sweet potato
@allknowing (137605)
India
February 15, 2021 10:54pm CST
Sweet potatoes are regularly consumed in our household . During my childhood days mother used to have loads of them as we were many in the house. She taught me to make them in several different ways.
Just boiled with a bit of salt is ok as a snack. We also slice them and deep fry them after coating the slices with gram flour batter to which chili powder, salt and ajwan is added. Have you tasted sweet potato pudding? It is delicious . We also boil sweet potatoes and cut them into large pieces and soak them in coconut juice that is cooked with jaggery and cardamom powder. We also cook them as a vegetable in a manner how other vegetables are cooked.
We also add them in the pork curry. Brinjals with sweet potato is yet another dish I enjoy.
Do you like sweet potatoes?
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@Deepizzaguy (104006)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16 Feb 21
I am not exactly a sweet potatoes fan.
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@allknowing (137605)
• India
16 Feb 21
It has a lot of health properties. Will that tempt you? 
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@Deepizzaguy (104006)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16 Feb 21
@allknowing Just hope I can change my taste buds.
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@allknowing (137605)
• India
16 Feb 21
@Deepizzaguy You will have no regrets (lol)
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
16 Feb 21
So versatile cooking! I like them simply just baked with skins on.
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@allknowing (137605)
• India
16 Feb 21
I have it for breakfast - just boiled with a pinch of salt (lol)
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@allknowing (137605)
• India
18 Feb 21
@oahuwriter There are scores of delicious dishes but here I was trying to promote the poor neglected sweet potato
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
18 Feb 21
@allknowing
Healthy & delish. I must admit though I like my ham & eggs with tatter tots too.
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@DaddyEvil (137504)
• United States
16 Feb 21
I love eating them raw but Pretty prefers making them into fries and dropping them into a deep fat fryer then adding a bit of salt to them. (I'll eat a few of them that way, too.) Mom used to make sweet potato pie and most of my family liked that. Dad always planted a large patch of them for household use.
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@allknowing (137605)
• India
16 Feb 21
As a kid I remember eating them raw. Pie is a good idea. I will try that. I tried growing sweet potatoes but the mongoose destroyed the patch by diging into it.
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@allknowing (137605)
• India
17 Feb 21
@DaddyEvil I will have to do that Thanks.
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@DaddyEvil (137504)
• United States
17 Feb 21
@allknowing Hmmm... you might consider putting a mesh fence around the area where you plant them. Dad did that to keep deer and groundhogs out of the garden. I don't know if that would work for you or not.
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@arunima25 (87855)
• Bangalore, India
16 Feb 21
I love sweet potatoes and enjoy them in all the dishes except the non veg ones that you mentioned. We also add them to Sambhar at times. And it tastes well when cooked with pumpkin with all spices.
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@allknowing (137605)
• India
16 Feb 21
@arunima25 Enjoy your pumpkin and potato dish 
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@allknowing (137605)
• India
16 Feb 21
That pumpkin idea is new to me. Must remember the next time we have pumpkin around.
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@arunima25 (87855)
• Bangalore, India
16 Feb 21
@allknowing I am making pumpkin and potato today for dinner. I don't have sweet potatoes right now.
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@LowRiderX (22903)
• Serbia
16 Feb 21
@allknowing No, we do not consume this type of potato at all, but that is why the regular type (ordinary) very often
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@allknowing (137605)
• India
16 Feb 21
This is tasty and has a lot of health properties
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@LowRiderX (22903)
• Serbia
16 Feb 21
@allknowing Yes, I’ve heard a lot of positive comments about that type of potato but I’ve never cooked. It can be purchased here only in very well stocked stores, it cannot be found in every one.
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@RebeccasFarm (90298)
• Arvada, Colorado
16 Feb 21
They are one of my favorite foods
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@Fleura (30539)
• United Kingdom
16 Feb 21
They have recently become much more popular (and hence widely available) over here, I think because they are supposed to be more healthy than regular potatoes. We make them into soups, add them to stews and curries, mix them into mashed potatoes, use them as toppings on dishes like 'cottage pie', make them into 'wedges', or just bake them.
What is sweet potato pudding?
It's a shame that they cannot be grown easily here.
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@allknowing (137605)
• India
16 Feb 21
We use it as a vegetable too but add it to brinjals.
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