← Nouns Cooking · Chinese

Ingredients

• 700 g sweet potatoes (orange, yellow or purple), peeled and cut into 3 cm chunks
• 50 g mature ginger, sliced and lightly smashed
• 1.5 l Water
• 80 g Chinese brown slab sugar or brown sugar

Method

1. Put the ginger and water in a pan, bring to the boil and simmer for 10 min to make a fiery broth.
2. Add the sweet potato and simmer for 10–12 min, until a knife slides in easily but the chunks still hold their shape.
3. Stir in the sugar until dissolved, then taste and add more ginger heat or sweetness as you like. Serve hot in small bowls.

Tips

• Soak the cut sweet potato in water until needed so it does not darken.
• Add a few glutinous rice balls (tangyuan) for a more filling dessert.

Sources

Written in our own words after cross-checking these recipes:

Wok and Kin MyKitchen101en