The twelve ways to make yam are: stir-fried yam and fungus, stir-fried yam and fungus, black-bone yam soup, vinegar-soaked yam, steamed iron bar yam, millet yam porridge, red bean yam cake, yam steamed balls, Honey yam, yam braised pork ribs, scallion oil yam, yam beef cubes.

Yam tastes sweet, has a sticky texture, is very crisp, has some fragrance, tastes delicious, and has a refreshing taste. Fresh yams have no peculiar smell and have an earthy smell at most, but if they are rotten yams, they will emit a musty, rotten and other peculiar smell.

Yam can be eaten directly. Its main component is starch. It is a taro food that can be eaten raw. It contains a large amount of amylase. Eating raw yam can not only digest starch, but also make your stomach feel very comfortable after eating it. .

How to buy yam

1. Look at the skin

In the vegetable market or supermarket, there are mainly iron bar yam and ordinary yam, no matter which one they are , you should carefully look at the appearance of yam. Yams of good quality have a complete skin and are earthy brown in color, and there are no bugs or mold spots. Such yams are of better quality.

2. Look at the fibrous roots

Because yams grow in the ground, there are some fibrous roots growing on the outer skin of yams. These fibrous roots are used by yams to absorb nutrients. When buying yams, we should choose yams with dense and abundant fibrous roots on the surface. The more fibrous roots of the same variety, the more nutrients they absorb and the higher the nutritional value.