Sweet Potatoes

[Worth1]

Okay I skimmed through the entire thread and found nothing with a raw sweet potato in it.

I have ate raw sweet potatoes for years.

The next time you decide to make a coleslaw or something you would normally put a carrot in grate up sweet potato instead.

Carrot raisin salad you can substitute with sweet potato also.

How about some sweet potato in a fresh garden salad.
There are many uses for the RAW sweet potato.

Just a few thoughts.

Worth

[Zana]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Okay I skimmed through the entire thread and found nothing with a raw sweet potato in it.

I have ate raw sweet potatoes for years.

The next time you decide to make a coleslaw or something you would normally put a carrot in grate up sweet potato instead.

Carrot raisin salad you can substitute with sweet potato also.

How about some sweet potato in a fresh garden salad.
There are many uses for the RAW sweet potato.

Just a few thoughts.

Worth

Good suggestion. Jicama is also a good addition grated.

[crazyoldgooseman]

I have really enjoyed sweet potato pancakes. Use just cut you flour mixture (i use bisquick) in half and use peeled,cooked, mashed sweet potato for the other half. So good!

i have also adapted the same formula to make sweet potato bread and sweet potato pound cake.

[GoDawgs]

The spices are somewhat on the Indian side of things and when these baked fries are dipped in the sauce, they're pretty addictive. I like to briefly toast the seeds in a small pan before grinding. I usually make a quadruple batch of the spice mix and keep it in a jar for quick later use.

1 tsp coriander seeds
1/2 tsp fennel seeds
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
1/2 tsp salt
2 lbs sweet potatoes (about 4 medium), peeled and cut into wedges
2 TBS canola oil

Mayo Dip:
1 1/4 cup mayo
2 TBS lime juice
2 TBS minced fresh cilantro (can use dried in a pinch. Just let sit longer to flavor up)
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tsp ground mustard
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1/8 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

1. In a small bowl, combine the dip ingredients and put in the refrigerator to chill.

2. In a spice grinder or with a mortar and pestle, combine the first four ingredients into a powder and then stir in the salt.

3. In a large bowl, combine the potatoes, oil and ground spices; toss to coat.

4. Transfer potatoes to a greased 15"x10"x1" baking sheet and bake uncovered for 30-35 minutes until crisp and golden brown, flipping wedges over occasionally.

Serve wedges with the mayo dip.

[JRinPA]

Originally Posted by tomatoaddict

Sweet Potato Pudding

4 Cups of grated raw peeled sweet poatoes
2 Cups of sugar
2 cups of whole milk
2 Eggs
2 tsp. of vanilla

Mix all ingredients together. Put in a 9 x 13 pan. Dot with 1 whole stick of butter. Bake in a 350* oven approximately
1 1/2 hours uncovered. That time is give or take. Stir 2 or 3 times to keep from burning.

You know it's done when it has thickened and turned a caramel color.

I thought there was a bunch of pie/pudding recipes for sweet potatoes on tville but it took a while to find any, this being the first, so I am trying it. I did add pumpkin pie spices of the usual clove nutmeg ginger and cinnamon. And cut the butter in half. But I like the simplicity, 4 2 2 2 2. Taste great going in.

[JRinPA]

That's a nice recipe. Wonderful texture to it. I plan to make that many times. I added pumpkin spices, which for me is:
1/4 t cloves
1/2 t nutmeg
1 t ginger
1-1/2 t or 2 t cinnamon


May drop the sugar to 1-1/2 c next time, but it was pretty good with 2 c.


It took about 65 minutes at 350f in convection oven, then dropped to 300 for 15 minutes more. Stirred many times. Next time, probably set to lower temp for this oven.