Roasted sweet potatoes are high in calories.
When sweet potatoes are cooked, part of the sugar in the sweet potatoes is lost to the water because the sweet potatoes are in direct contact with the water.
When roasting sweet potatoes, the sweet potatoes are in contact with the air, and the sugar in the sweet potatoes will not be lost. On the contrary, because sweet potatoes are dehydrated, the relative content of sugar in roasted sweet potatoes increases.
Therefore, roasted sweet potatoes have higher calories than boiled sweet potatoes.
Roasted and boiled sweet potatoes.
To bake sweet potatoes, wash and dry the sweet potatoes, then bake them in the oven.
To cook sweet potatoes, wash the sweet potatoes, put them in a pot, add water and bring to a boil. After boiling for a period of time, the sweet potatoes will be cooked, soft, and ready to eat.
Compared to boiled sweet potatoes, roasted sweet potatoes are sweeter because they are dehydrated. However, because the process of roasting sweet potatoes will cause the sweet potatoes to burn and produce certain carcinogens, it is not advisable to eat more roasted sweet potatoes.