Even food differentiates between the rich and the poor. I have a plant that grows profusely in my garden and I was told that it is packed with nutrients. When I asked my gardener to fetch me a few leaves and that I would make a dish out of them she promptly told me that only the scheduled caste eat those leaves. Such was the plight of the sweet potato but not any more
I was watching a show by Oprah Winfrey a few years ago where she was talking about the benefits of the sweet potato. Considering the simplicity of this tuber it was commendable that it was raised to that level. I am sure after that show the price of sweet potatoes must have skyrocketed in the US
My relationship with the sweet potato has been there right from the time I was a kid. Atleast my mother knew of its goodness in the back old days. As a matter of fact we have been eating so many things that today are considered to be great foods.
Sweet potato comes in two varieties red and white. The white is my choice but it is not freely available. It is loaded with vitamins, iron and magnesium. It is rich in fibre so necessary for maintaining good health.
Sweet potatoes can be eaten in many ways. Some like it just boiled with a bit of salt. Sliced and deep fried with a gram flour coat is a nice snack for any occasion. There are recipes to cook this as a vegetable too. It can also be boiled and eaten with syrup. That is my way of eating it. It is added in pork dishes. The sweet potato absorbs the juices in the pork and converts itself into a delectable finger licking goodie – none to compare.
Sweet potatoes are a must in our diet. We have it often.
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Sweet Potatoe is very rich in Iron which is very useful for Red Blood cells in the body. It is not a vegetable preferred by Scheduled castes and Scheduled Tribe people. Everybody likes it very much.
The correct method of cooking is to boil it along with Jaggery. Jaggery is also rich in Iron. One works on blood cells and the other improves the flow of blood.
I like to eat sweet potato cooked in jaggery and coconut. Sweet potato was considered food of the poor once upon a time.
i love sweet potato even when I was a child, and until now I still eat kamote-- I read a book that sweet potato is good for ulcer. There are more than varieties of sweet potato as I see it everyday, that includes the yellow, purple and even the skin have different colors also, it also differs with sizes. There are sweet potato best for its young leaves though most are for it root crop. My favorite is the yellow skin with an orange color, this is the sweetest kind of them.
Thank you for reminding me about leaves. I have a few creepers and must remember to cook them.
You heard Oprah Winfrey singing the praises of the sweet potato? I was watching a TV chef cooking contest and the chefs were invited to pick anything from the White House garden and prepare it for the judges. The chefs also met with First Lady Michelle Obama – she's the reason there is a White House veggie garden - and one of the chefs asked if she had a “favorite” from the garden. Guess what she said? Sweet potato! Not just a fave her but for her whole family. I love sweet potato too!
Sweet potatoes are VERY common in the US as a dish to eat, and they are sold on every corner in every grocery store, even way before Oprah said anything about them.
They are a very common dish. People eat sweet potatoes all the time, especially around November for Thanksgiving where there are thousands and thousands of sweet potato pies sold and eaten during this season. Which reminds me, I need to go and get some for myself soon!