Eight ways to eat sweet potatoes

Eight ways to eat sweet potato are baked sweet potato, boiled sweet potato, steamed sweet potato, sweet potato porridge, sweet potato cake, sweet potato salad, sweet potato soup and sweet potato dessert.

1, baked sweet potato

Wash the sweet potatoes and bake them directly in the oven. You can add some spices or olive oil to improve the taste and taste.

Step 2 cook sweet potatoes

Cut the sweet potato into pieces and blanch it in boiling water. It can be eaten as a staple food or as a side dish.

Step 3 steam sweet potatoes

The sweet potato was cut into pieces and steamed in a steamer, which kept the original flavor of the sweet potato.

4. sweet potato porridge

Cut the sweet potato into pieces and cook it with rice into porridge, which is nutritious and warm.

5. Sweet potato cake

Cook sweet potatoes, mash them, add flour and sugar to make cookies, which can be used as breakfast or afternoon tea.

6.sweet potato salad

Shred the cooked sweet potato, add vegetables, fruits and salad dressing and mix well. It is healthy and delicious.

7.sweet potato soup

Sweet potato cut into pieces and cooked with other vegetables can increase satiety and nutrient intake.

8.sweet potato dessert

Cook sweet potato, mash it, add milk, eggs and sugar to make dessert, such as sweet potato pudding or sweet potato ice cream.

Sweet potato ripening season

Sweet potato is a tropical and subtropical crop, and its maturity season mainly depends on the climatic conditions in the planting area. Generally speaking, the mature season of sweet potato is between autumn and winter. In most parts of China, the main planting season of sweet potato is from summer to early autumn. At this time, the temperature is high, which is suitable for the growth and development of sweet potato. Growers usually choose to sow in early summer and then harvest mature sweet potatoes in late summer or early autumn.

In warm southern areas, such as Guangdong and Fujian, the planting season of sweet potatoes may be longer, and sweet potatoes can be planted from spring to autumn. The maturity of sweet potatoes in these areas is generally between autumn and winter. It should be noted that the maturity of sweet potato is also affected by varieties and cultivation management, and different varieties of sweet potato may have different growth cycles and maturity times.