How to Bake Yams

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To cook the yam, blanch it in salted water for 15 minutes. You can also steam the yam, peel it and cut it into rings for 12 minutes. It can also be fried, like a potato, or barbecued.

How to cook a yam?

How to cook a yam?
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Discover the yam It varies according to the variety, but it is generally tender and sweet, a little flowery, with a taste of chestnut.

What are the virtues of the yam?. Being a source of potassium and low in sodium, yam has diuretic elimination properties. Yam is also: source of potassium (nervous system, muscle function, blood pressure) source of fiber (regulation of intestinal transit, satiety)

Salt the water at the rate of 1 g of salt/100 g of yam. Place a leaf of Indian wood in the cooking water. Wait 15 minutes from boiling point. The yams are done when you can fully insert the tip of a knife with light force.

How to eat yam? In the pharmaceutical industry, diosgenin is extracted for use in the formulation of hormonal treatments. In herbal medicine, the underground parts of the yam are transformed into a dry flower which can then be used in the preparation of nutritional supplements.

As a tuber, yams can be cooked like potatoes, so also consider mashing yams by adding a little milk, butter and nutmeg.

How to choose a good yam?

How to choose a good yam?
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Cut the yam into 2cm cubes. Immerse these pieces in 1 liter of boiling water. Boil for 5 minutes then drain carefully.

How to use yam?. Yams are eaten cooked, just like potatoes: mashed, fried, in fritters, in soup, grated into pancakes… Arrowroot, a highly digestible starch, is extracted from meat. The flesh gives off a taste similar to that of potatoes, but sweeter.

What vitamin does yam contain? Yam contains 6-10 mg of vitamin C (per 100 g.)

The quality criteria of the yam are the same as those of the potato or the sweet potato: to be sure of a good product in the kitchen, the yam must be chosen very firm and impeccable. Avoid yams with soft skins and those with mold.

How to clean the yam?. Cut the yam into chunks. Lay each section flat and peel vertically. Immediately place the pieces in lemon water to clean them and keep their color. Rinse it off with cold water.

What is the origin of the yam?. opposita and D. japonica have their center of origin in China. Yams are the only root crops that Asian and African species have developed independently. The exchange of money took place under the influence of Portuguese explorers.

How to use yams?

How to use yams?
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Is yam good for diabetics? Diabetic sugar. A study in rats showed that consuming yam powder with a meal helped better control glucose and insulin levels.

How to store sliced ​​yam? Store your yams in a dry place, away from heat and well ventilated. Storage in a plastic bag is prohibited if you want to avoid the early appearance of mould.

“The starch in the yam makes it sticky when you peel it. To avoid this, you can immerse everything in boiling water for 15 minutes before peeling it and cooking it in a saucepan.

What does yam taste like?

What does yam taste like?
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How to choose a good yam? How to choose yams? Choose them firm and intact, without mold or soft parts.

How to prepare dachine?

  • Cut into quarters, dachine, cooked in salted water, goes well with meat and fish.
  • Steamed it can be presented with other tubers. It can also be prepared mashed, soufflé or gratin.

When to plant yam? Yam Harvest Aerial tubers are harvested in October, while ground tubers can be harvested from November to March.

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