The texture of sweet potato is hard, and its main component is starch, which is relatively difficult to cook compared with other foods. Generally speaking, it needs to be boiled after boiling water 15-20 minutes before it can be cooked.
The specific time has a great relationship with the size of the sweet potato. Generally, the bigger the sweet potato is, the longer it will take. If you are not sure whether it is cooked, it is suggested that you can poke it with a chopstick. If the sweet potato can be easily poked, it will prove that it is cooked.
2 sweet potatoes can be boiled or steamed.
Cooking sweet potatoes requires putting them in water and heating them by using the temperature generated by boiling water. When cooking sweet potatoes, some water-soluble vitamins may be lost, and some sugar may be dissolved in water.
Steamed sweet potatoes are heated by the steam generated by the evaporation of water. Relatively speaking, the temperature of steam is higher, so sweet potatoes can be steamed faster, and steamed sweet potatoes can also avoid touching water, so they can better preserve the taste and nutritional value of sweet potatoes.
3 Can sweet potatoes be eaten after germination? Yes, but it is not recommended.
Unlike germinated potatoes, germinated sweet potatoes do not contain toxic substances, so they can continue to eat if they want to eat without deterioration.
It should be noted, however, that the sprouted sweet potatoes do not taste very good and their nutritional value will decrease, because the nutrients such as water and sugar contained in them will be supplied to the growth of the sprouts, so it is generally not recommended to continue eating them.
4 sweet potatoes can be eaten raw, not a small amount.
Sweet potatoes do not contain toxic substances, so they can be eaten raw if you want, but it should be noted that because the main component in sweet potatoes is starch, the texture is hard, and starch is difficult to digest and absorb when it is not cooked at high temperature.
Therefore, even if the sweet potato can be eaten raw, it should not be eaten too much when eating raw sweet potato, so as to avoid indigestion symptoms such as abdominal pain, abdominal distension and constipation after eating.