Name: Soft & Fragrant Sweet Potato

Place of Origin: Tanbu Town

Edible Method: It can be cut into thick pieces and fried in the pan; It can also be boiled until cooked. And then it is peeled off and mixed with flour. Ensure the hardness is proper and then make the sweet potatoes into balls to fry in the pan. Add water and stir evenly. After complete fermentation, put the balls in the steamer to steam over high heat. Remove the food away from the fire to lower down the temperature to room temperature and smear some sesame oil on the surface. Sprinkle the shredded red and green pepper and sesame. And finally cut into blocks to eat.

Nutritive Value: Sweet potato has several names in Chinese, such as Hong Shu, Shan Yu, Di Gua and Gan Shu. It contains rich protein, starch, pectin, cellulose, amino acid, vitamin, and other necessary nutritive components. Besides, it also contains rich Mg, P, Ca, Selenium and other mineral elements as well as linoleic acid. It can keep the elasticity of vessel, prevent the cancer, heart disease, emphysema and diabetes mellitus, and has the function of weight reduction. Sweet potato can help to improve the defecation, prevent breast cancer and colorectal cancer. Besides, it can also reinforce the spleen and invigorate Qi, relax the bowel, and help reduce saliva and slake thirst (eaten raw).