Does your family often eat sweet potatoes? Most of them cook porridge! Or just bake it and eat it, right? Have you ever tried shredding sweet potatoes and eating them stir-fried? Don’t get a new taste!

Introduction: Sweet potato (scientific name: Ipomoea batatas), also known as sweet potato, sweet potato, potato, sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato, thread potato, white potato, golden potato, sweet potato, red potato, pillow potato, etc. . A common perennial dicotyledonous plant, herbaceous, with slender vines and creeping stems. The roots produce lactic acid through anaerobic respiration. The skin color is white or red, and the flesh is mostly yellow-white, but some are purple. In addition to being used for food, it can also be used to make sugar, wine, and alcohol.

Sweet potato is also called sweet potato, sweet potato, red moss, white potato and sweet potato. The reason why it is called sweet potato is probably because it is an "imported product". Sweet potato is a well-known crop, but its name is easily confused. There is a dazzling array of sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes. In fact, sweet potato is the correct name, and the others are just other names for sweet potato. Because the sweet potato grows underground, many people call it sweet potato, but it is not a melon. Why do you call it that? On the one hand, from the perspective of plant taxonomy, sweet potatoes belong to the sweet potato family of the Convolvulaceae family; while the well-known winter melons, watermelons, pumpkins, and cucumbers are all from the Cucurbitaceae family, and they belong to different plant families; in terms of taste and morphology, Melons include melon kernels and gourds, which have a crisp and refreshing taste and can be eaten raw or cooked; sweet potatoes have no kernels and have high starch content. If eaten raw without high temperature, they are difficult to digest and may easily cause bloating, burping and other discomforts. On the other hand, the local dialects in China mostly call it "sweet potato" without the word "sweet potato". Many countries such as Japan and South Korea also refer to sweet potato collectively. Are sweet potatoes sweet potatoes? Sweet potato is just another name for sweet potato. As the "patriarch" of the "genus Ipomoea" in plant taxonomy, sweet potato still hopes to be called the scientific name "sweet potato". Sweet potato and purple sweet potato are the abbreviations of red sweet potato and purple sweet potato. Red and purple are just different colors of the peel to show the difference.

Sweet potatoes are rich in starch, vitamins, cellulose and other essential nutrients for the human body. They are also rich in mineral elements such as magnesium, phosphorus, calcium and linoleic acid. These substances can maintain the elasticity of blood vessels and are very effective in preventing and treating habitual constipation in the elderly. Unfortunately, most people think that eating sweet potatoes will make people fat and dare not eat them. In fact, on the contrary, sweet potato is an ideal weight loss food. Its calories are only 1/3 of rice, and because it is rich in cellulose and pectin, it has the special function of preventing sugar from converting into fat [7].

Sweet potatoes are not only a healthy food, but also a good medicine for curing diseases. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that sweet potatoes have the effects of "tonifying deficiency, replenishing qi and strength, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and strengthening kidney yin". "Sweet potatoes are steamed, cut, sun-dried, harvested, and used as food, called potato grains, which can make people live longer and less sick." "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that sweet potatoes can nourish the heart, harmonize the blood, warm the stomach, and fatten the five internal organs. "Jinshu Zhuanxilu" says that it has 6 medicinal values: treating dysentery and diarrhea; treating alcoholism and heat diarrhea; treating dampness and heat and jaundice; treating spermatorrhea and white turbidity; treating blood deficiency and menstrual disorders; treating malnutrition in children . "Lu Chuan Materia Medica" says that sweet potatoes can produce fluid and quench thirst, and can cure thirst caused by fever.

Sweet potatoes contain a large amount of cellulose and pectin that are not easily destroyed by digestive enzymes, which can stimulate the secretion of digestive juices and gastrointestinal motility, thus having a laxative effect. Plus, its rich content of beta-carotene is a potent antioxidant that helps scavenge free radicals in the body. In fact, sweet potatoes are also an ideal weight loss food.

Stir-fried sweet potato shreds with green and red peppers

1. Prepare a sweet potato, peel it, wash it and cut it into thick shreds (Tips 1: When frying the sweet potato, do not cut it like shredded potatoes) The ones are too thin, because the sweet potatoes will become very soft after being fried, and if they are too thin, they will be fried). Wash the green and red peppers and cut them into shreds.

2. Heat oil in a hot pan (tip 2: the amount of oil should be slightly more, because sweet potatoes absorb oil, so it is best to use rapeseed oil). First, stir-fry the green and red pepper shreds to release the aroma, then pour in the sweet potato shreds, add salt and a little light soy sauce and stir-fry quickly until the sweet potato shreds are obviously soft.

The taste of this dish is particularly good, with a hint of sweetness and it tastes very refreshing. The method is also very simple, and even kitchen novices can operate it quickly.

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