Sweet potato leaves are also a delicacy, but some people just don’t like to eat them cooked and prefer to eat them raw. So can sweet potato leaves be eaten raw? What are the benefits of eating sweet potato leaves raw?

Can sweet potato leaves be eaten raw?

Generally, sweet potato leaves are fried and eaten. They are just ordinary vegetables. I have never seen them eaten raw, but I am sure they are eaten raw. Sweet potato leaves are not poisonous! But I don’t recommend this, it definitely doesn’t taste good!

The nutritional value of sweet potato leaves

Sweet potato sprouts, also known as sweet potato leaves and sweet potato leaves, are plants of the genus Sweet Potato in the Convolvulaceae family. They are bred for consumption through artificial selection. The variety with tender stems at the top of sweet potato seedlings is still known in Hong Kong and around the world as the "Queen of Vegetables", "Longevity Vegetable" and "Anti-Cancer Vegetable". The Asian Vegetable Research Center has classified sweet potato leaves as a highly nutritious vegetable variety.

According to the results of scientific research, it can be concluded that the nutrients in sweet potato leaves are very rich, even richer than ordinary vegetables, especially the carotenoids, so It can very well help people supplement nutrients.

In addition, sweet potato sprouts are rich in nutrients. The top 10-15 cm of every 100 grams of sweet potato seedlings, young leaves, and petioles are collectively called stems. Sweet potato stem tips are rich in protein, carotene, vitamins, iron and calcium.

The crude protein content of the stem tip is 21.1%-15.1% of the dry weight, which is equivalent to that of pork and beef. The protein of stems, leaves and stem tips is 2.7%, carotene is 5580 international units/100g, vitamin C is 41.07 mg/kg, calcium is 74 mg/kg, iron is 4 mg/kg, and vitamin B1 is 3 mg/kg. , niacin is 6 to 10 mg/kg, and B6 is 2.1 mg/kg. According to the test of the Chinese Preventive Medicine College, compared with 13 kinds of vegetables such as celery, cabbage, spinach, cabbage, rape, leeks, cucumbers, eggplants, carrots, and tomatoes, the sweet potato leaf and stem tips have 14 kinds of nutrients, including protein, fat, In terms of calories, fiber carbohydrates, calcium, iron, phosphorus, carotene, vitamin C, B1, B2, niacin and other 13 items, sweet potato leaves ranked first. ...

How to eat sweet potato leaf cakes with sweet potato leaves

Ingredients: 1 small handful of sweet potato leaves, 2 eggs, a little white flour, a little jade, a little rice flour, a little salt, A little sesame oil and a little baking soda

Method

1. Wash the sweet potato leaves.

2. Pour boiling water and set aside.

3. Put the blanched sweet potato leaves into cold water.

4. Squeeze out the water and chop into pieces. Take a large bowl and add white flour, cornmeal, eggs, baking soda, and salt.

5. Add a little water and stir until it becomes a paste.

6. Preheat the pan and brush it with sesame oil. Pour the batter into the pan with a spoon and fry until both sides are golden brown.

Scallion oil mixed with sweet potato leaves

Ingredients: 250 grams of sweet potato leaves, a little salad oil, 2 tablespoons of sauce, 5 tablespoons of salad oil, 1 tablespoon of soy sauce

Method

1. Heat the salad oil of sauce ingredient A to 150℃~160℃, add fried shallots and fry slowly over low heat until the fragrance of fried shallots overflows in about 1 minute. When the oil is ready, remove the fried scallions, pour out the oil and let it cool for later use. This is the scallion oil.

2. Put the sweet potato leaves into boiling water, then add a little oil and blanch until the leaves turn green, then drain and serve on a plate.

3. Add the soy sauce paste, fried scallion paste from Step 1, and 2 tablespoons of scallion oil to the sweet potato leaves from Step 2 and mix well.