Purple Sweet Potato Dessert

Purple Sweet Potato Dessert

Sweet potato is one of the healthiest foods. Purple sweet potato is said to contain three times the antioxidants of a blueberry. 

Purple Sweet Potato 

When buying sweet potatoes look for smooth and skin not bruised. Choose small or medium size and avoid large ones. Sweet potatoes will last up to a month if stored properly. But try to use it within one week. It does not require refrigeration.

Nutrition data for sweet potatoes in the USDA database can be found here.

Sweet potato comes in many colors. Color of the inner part will be different from the outer skin color. Inner flesh color may be white, orange red or purple. The purple variety is the sweetest.

                        

 Sweet potato sliced

This is a natural dessert with no spices and no condiments. If you want you add a little bit of salt or sugar to enhance the taste. I did not add anything as the natural taste was sufficient to make a tasty dessert.

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                           Purple Sweet Potato Dessert

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 15 minutes

Serves: 4

1. Peel and wash the 300 grams purple sweet potato and cut into ¾ inch cubes.

Purple Sweet 
potato dessert

2. Put the sweet potato pieces in a pan and add water to cover it. May be around one and a half cup.

3. Boil in medium heat for about 10 minutes or until the sweet potato is very soft. once it is cooked add the 1/4 cup coconut milk and stir. it will thicken.                                                                                                                                             

4. Mash it with a spoon or use a hand blender or food processor to puree the sweet potatoes.

5. Serve it as a dessert with some finely chopped cashew nuts.

Purple Sweet Potato Dessert is ready.

                                  

                                  

                    Recipe follows in detail with pictures.

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 15 minutes

Serves: 4

                                                   

Ingredients

300 grams purple sweet potato.
Water to cover the cut pieces
1/4 cup coconut milk.

Preparation

Peel and wash the sweet potato.

Cut into ¾ inch cubes.

 Sweet potato cut  into pieces

Method

                                                             

Put the sweet potato pieces in a pan and add water to cover it. May be around one and a half cup.

Boil in medium heat for about 10 minutes or until the sweet potato is very soft. once it is cooked add the coconut milk and stir. it will thicken.

Sweet potato before mashing to be pureed

 Mash it with a spoon or let it cool slightly.

Final dish

                                                                     

Use a hand blender or food processor to puree the sweet potatoes.

Pureed sweet potato

Serve it in a suitable dish with a garnish of your choice. May be some finely chopped cashew nuts.

3. Boil in medium heat for about 10 minutes or until the sweet potato is very soft. once it is cooked add the 1/4 cup coconut milk and stir. it will thicken.

Nutrition data for this recipe
Nutrition content is computed by adding nutrition values of individual ingredients according to the USDA nutrition database. Water shown here is what is found in the ingredients and not the water added while cooking

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