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Sweet potatoes
100 g sweet potatoes – 84 kcal
Sweet potatoes contain large quantities of starch, vitamin C, B, sugars, and carotene.
Potatoes the colour of...carrots
About 90% sweet potatoes are grown in Asia, so they are common in Asian cuisine. These bulbous roots are among the most nutritious plants in the world. The flesh of sweet potatoes exists in a variety of colours, e.g. orange. Sweet potatoes are healthier than the regular kind.
For dinner or for dessert
Culinary art has similar use for yams as for regular potatoes, cooked or baked. You can fry them as chips, add them to salads, mash them, as well as add them to cakes, pancakes and spicy soufflés, but they are best baked in the oven. Besides all that, sweet potatoes are used in alcohol production, in making starch, flour and flakes. Batatas are not only perfect for dinners; because of their sweet flavour they can be also served as desserts.
Oriental chips
Sweet potatoes, just like plain potatoes, are raw material in making crisps, so popular in Asia today. In China, sweet potato crisps are covered in sugar, in the U.S. they are salty, and in Bangladesh, consumers their crisps with cayenne pepper and citric acid.
For the health and beauty
The basic element of sweet potatoes is proteins, which have antioxidant properties. They are especially recommended for people suffering from circulatory ailments, colon cancer, or minor intestine cancer. They protect us from asthma, osteoporosis, or rheumatoid joint inflammation. They are perfect for seniors and pregnant women.
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