Raw sweet potatoes contain a lot of starch, which easily irritates the stomach and causes discomfort. But this starch will become easier to digest after being heated at high temperature. Therefore, whether it is cooking, roasting, frying, steaming or other methods that can cook sweet potatoes, as long as they can be cooked, they can be safely eaten. But in the process of cooking sweet potatoes, remember to put enough water, master the appropriate cooking time, and avoid the phenomenon of undercooking.
How long it takes to cook sweet potatoes depends on their size.
The cooking time of boiled sweet potato varies with the size of sweet potato. Generally, sweet potatoes are cut into pieces with uniform size of 1cm, and usually boiled for 10 minutes after water is boiled. But if the whole sweet potato is cooked, it will take 15-20 minutes for the palm-sized sweet potato to be cooked after the fire is boiled. It is suggested to poke through the surface of sweet potato with chopsticks.
How much water should I put in cooking sweet potatoes?
Boiling sweet potatoes is simple and convenient. Just put the washed sweet potato directly in the water, which is similar to cooking, as long as the water does not reach the surface of the sweet potato. If you are worried about forgetting to cook for too long, you can add more water, but it can't be less than the amount of water that didn't reach the sweet potato, because this amount of water can basically ensure that there is a small amount of water left after the sweet potato is cooked, which can avoid the phenomenon of dry pot and burning.
4 Do you want to peel and cut the boiled sweet potato according to the eating method?
If the cooked sweet potato is made into sugar water, it needs to be washed, peeled and cut into pieces to facilitate eating. If you cook sweet potatoes and eat them directly, you only need to wash the topsoil and cook them in water. You don't have to peel and cut into pieces in advance, otherwise the sugar in the sweet potato will be lost to the water and it won't taste so good. Besides, the skin of boiled sweet potato is not delicious. If you don't peel it when cooking, you'd better peel it before eating.