2. If we slice the yam, we can cook it in thin slices for about 3 to 5 minutes after the water is boiled. If you slice the yam thick, it takes about 8 to 10 minutes to cook it thick. For the yam block, we can cook it in 15 minutes after the water is boiled. In fact, there is a little trick to judge whether the yam is cooked or not.
3. Sometimes when yams are cooked, they will have different reactions according to different kinds of yams. For example, when the yam is cooked, it becomes transparent, while the iron stick yam becomes soft and ripe.