Yam is both a traditional Chinese medicine and an edible ingredient. It is most commonly used in soups. So, can Chinese yam be eaten raw? What's the best way to eat yam?

Can Chinese yam be eaten raw?

Chinese yam is also called wild yam or wild yam. It is generally suitable for harvesting in winter, because the leaves and stems of yam have withered in winter. , so this is the best time to dig yams. Yam is an ingredient that can be used as both medicine and food. It has many functions. Regular consumption of yam can help strengthen the body. Moreover, yam is also a good ingredient that aids digestion.

Yam is a taro food that can be eaten raw, and eating it raw is more nutritious than eating it cooked, and it can exert better health-preserving effects. Some websites say that raw yams contain toxins and will be poisonous if eaten raw. This is purely fabricated and distorts the facts. After consulting a lot of information, there is no such statement at all.

Although the main nutritional component of yam is starch, part of it can be converted into dextrin, the decomposition product of starch. Dextrin can help digestion, so yam is a taro food that can be eaten raw.

What is the best way to eat Chinese yam?

In fact, the simplest way to make yam is to make it thin-skinned, steam it and eat it. After it is cooked, just add some sugar. Mom likes to eat like that.

After talking about the method, let’s talk about material selection. We didn’t know the varieties of yam before. Later, as time went by, we learned that there is also iron rod yam, which is the aristocratic blood of yam. It can be like this understand.

Henan Wenxian's warm-release organic enzyme yam is good. It is grown entirely with EM enzyme fertilizer. It is naturally grown and has first-class quality. There's nothing better than choosing this as an ingredient.

The following is a list of some more common yam recipes:

1. Sibao sweet soup

Ingredients: half a pound of yam, peeled and cut into cubes, 2 white fungus Two, 3 taels of lotus seeds, 2 taels of dried longan, 4 taels of rock sugar (or fine sugar), and eight cups of water.

Method: Soak the lotus seeds and white fungus in water first. After the preparation is completed, boil the lotus seeds in water until soft, then add yam, white fungus, and rock sugar and continue to cook for 3 minutes, then add the dried longan and boil until ready to eat.

2. Yam hand rolls

Ingredients: 4 taels of yam, 1 egg, 300 grams of diced mixed vegetables, and 6 slices of ham. 3 tablespoons of salad dressing.

Method: After the preparation is completed, wash the yam and cut it into small cubes. Boil it together with the diced vegetables, then remove and set aside. Boil the eggs and cut them into small cubes. Finally, roll up all the ingredients with ham slices, insert toothpicks to secure, pour salad dressing and serve.

3. Healthy sweet soup

Ingredients: Prepare 10 grams of white fungus, peeled and ground yam into a puree, 20 red dates, appropriate amount of rock sugar, and a can of diced fruit.

Method: After the preparation is completed, first soak the red dates and white fungus in water to swell, then put the white fungus into a juicer and add 500cc of water to crush and set aside. Then put the white fungus pulp, red dates, and appropriate amount of rock sugar into a pot and mix Add 1 liter of water to boil, add yam puree, stir while adding, finally add diced fruit and serve.

4. Yam and Tofu Soup

Ingredients: yam, tofu, eggs, mushrooms, coriander, salt, monosodium glutamate, chicken essence, pepper, starch.

Method: Peel the yam, cut into small cubes and blanch water, cut the tofu into dices as big as the yam. Wash and mince coriander, wash and dice mushrooms. Add fresh soup to the pot, then add diced yam, diced tofu, and diced mushrooms, and season with salt, MSG, chicken essence, and pepper. When the soup is boiling, thicken it with starch until it becomes thick, pour in the egg liquid and sprinkle with chopped coriander.

Precautions for consumption

Raw yam can easily cause allergic reactions. For those with allergies or weak health, it is safer to blanch the yam in boiling water and blanch it for a longer time before eating. .