Medicinal Benefits of Sweet Potato
When you are looking for a healthy food, do not forget to
list out the sweet potatoes. The root vegetable is most nutritional, contains
starch and tastes delicious.
Sweet potato differs in its color of skin and flesh
depending on the region where it grows. The color ranges from cream, light
orange, pink or purple. These soft creamy sweet potatoes are energy houses with
numerous health benefits.
Health Benefits of Sweet Potato:
Cold and Flu:
There is a great reason behind why sweet potatoes are
abundantly available in the monsoon climate and are too inexpensive. The
concentrated amount of vitamin C and iron helps to drive away common cold, asthma,
bronchitis and lung disorders.
Digestion:
The fibrous root vegetable helps curing constipation and
promotes the working of digestive tract. Also, the roughage in the root maintain
body water balance, reduces acid formation thus reducing the chances of stomach
ulcers.
Fertility:
The rich source of vitamin A consumed as beta-carotene
essential during pregnancy and lactation improves fertility level in women.
Improves Immunity:
Plant foods containing vitamin C boosts energy level and
enhances generation of white and red platelets.
Cancer:
Beta carotene, an antioxidant in sweet potatoes is known to
shield the cells from UV rays and repairs harmed cells curing various types of
cancer.
Arthritis:
The high levels of vitamin C, beta carotene, vitamin B,
magnesium makes sweet potatoes to be anti-inflammatory curing the joint pains.
Sweet Potato Recipes
Boiled Sweet potato:
Boil sweet potato till soft in a deep vessel. Add salt while
boiling. Peel off the skin of the boiled sweet potatoes once cooled.
This is the best healthy snack time food for kids.
Sweet potato Salad:
Boil sweet potatoes to soft. Peel and smash them once they
gain room temperature.
To a bowl full of thick curd, add salt, chopped green
chilies, smashed Sweet potato, seasoning of urad dal, curry leaves and mustard
seeds with ghee/coconut oil.
This can be eaten along with rice.
Sweet potato Sambar/Rasam:
Ingredients:
3 to 4 medium sweet potatoes
½ cup toor dal
Sambar powder
Salt
Tamarind
corriander leaves
Procedure:
Peel, chop and wash sweet potatoes to clean.
In a deep vessel boil sweet potatoes and toor dal till soft.
Once boiled, add tamarind juice, salt, sambar powder and chopped
coriander leaves. Boil for 5 more minutes till they get blinded well.
Switch off the flame and season with curry leaves, mustard
seeds and urad dal.
The recipe gets well with rice, dosa, idli and chapati.
Sweet Potato Stir fry:
In deep pan, heat oil and add cumin seeds, mustard seeds,
chana dal, urad dal and curry leaves.
Fry them all till golden brown.
Now add peeled chopped sweet potatoes.
Pour water until the vegetable gets just immersed. Add turmeric,
salt and chopped green chilies.
Once the sweet potatoes turn soft switch off the flame, add
grated coconut and squeeze a full-sized lemon. Mix them well so that the spices
get together.
Serve sweet potato stir fry with chapatti or dosa.
Why wait, grab some delicious nutritious sweet potatoes for
your lunch hour.
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