Sweet potato spice

Sweet, sweet, sweet potato!

It also goes by the names “white potato”, “batate” or “tuber bindweed” – the sweet potato. It is a useful plant from the nightshade order, whose underground storage roots of the same name are used in the kitchen. As a real trendy food, it is mainly produced in China and exported from there.

The spherical or spindle-shaped tubers each have a wide variety of colors. Where the interior is mostly yellow-orange, the shell has a brownish to pinkish-purple hue. This means that the sweet potato differs from the sweet potato not only in its botanical properties “normal” potato, but also externally. And also in taste: As the name suggests, this tuber has a sweet aroma, but otherwise the basic “potatoy” taste is very similar. This means they can be prepared in the same way and used for cooking, roasting, stewing, grilling or baking in the oven. A wide range of different recipes are available for you to try them all out and find your favorite one.

Also as sweet and salty fries or chips

A little oil, sweet potatoes cut into sticks and the right french fry salt mixture - that's all you need to make crispy fries. They are and will remain one of the most popular ways of preparing the sweet tuber. Quick and easy, they are an exciting change from the same old fries without a sweet taste.

You can easily make sweet potato fries at home and bake them in the oven until golden brown - you don't need a complicated recipe. Helps you with the right seasoning for the finished and still hot tuber sticks Ankerkraut with the special seasoning salt made from, among other things, sea and smoked salt, sweet and smoked paprika, chili flakes, Mediterranean rosemary and pepper. When the fries come fresh out of the oven or deep fryer and are still warm, the salt and herb mix sticks particularly well to the baked potato strips. About two tablespoons are enough for 500 grams of sweet potatoes - but of course you can use more or less spice if you like.

Another, similar way of preparing them are sweet potato chips. To do this, however, the tubers have to be cut into wafer-thin slices instead of medium-thick sticks so that they can be properly seasoned and oiled and baked until crispy in the oven. The sweet potato is also always a good choice in a casserole with lots of sauce and cheese gratinated or for grilling. Tip: If a sugary ketchup is too sweet for you with the fries or the potato as a whole, you can use it wonderfully, for example Sour Cream or yoghurt dips that do not contain any sugar. So the sweetness of the tuber remains the main player.

Season cleverly and prepare skillfully

Anyone who has ever cooked with the classic yellow potato will also be able to handle the sweet potato. Oriental recipes recommend using it in fruity curries and chutneys. Cooked for a long time, the tuber releases a pleasant sweetness into dishes, which goes well with fruits such as pineapple. In addition, the sweetness reminiscent of added sugar can also be a suitable counter-component Chili heat which is often used in oriental cuisine. The classic mashed potatoes or fritters, like the fries, can simply be made from the less boring alternative.

But where exactly does the tuber come from? It is said to have played a role in agriculture in South America almost 6.000 years ago. Because it is one of the most important cultivated plants of all and thus paved the foundation for many other plant species and variants. Even with infrequent rainfall, the hardy plant provided people with bountiful harvests, which for a time formed part of their staple diet. At some point in the 16th century, the sweet potato is said to have made its way to Europe and from there to the rest of the world, where it remains a popular vegetable delicacy and one of the most important cultivated plants.