Boiled sweet potatoes

🍠 Orange sweet potato chunks boiled and drained without added oil or sugar.

Ingredients

• 800 g orange-fleshed sweet potato, washed, peeled and trimmed, usable weight
• 2 litres drinking water for cooking, not all consumed
• Up to 1 g salt

Preparation

Wash roots in potable water, peel, remove damaged areas and weigh 800 g usable flesh. Not cassava or yam.

Cut even large pieces about 3 cm. Prepare clean colander and tall pan.

Bring 2 litres water to boil, about 10 minutes by equipment. Add pieces carefully without overflow.

Cook at gentle boil about 20 minutes until a point passes easily through centres of several pieces. Extend if firm inside.

Drain carefully, allow steam to escape briefly and add measured salt if desired. No butter, oil or sugar.

Divide 4 hot sides, each a quarter. Estimates cover flesh alone, no sauce; timing varies by variety and cut.