Colourful Sweet Potato Dessert

On a recent weekend trip to Cameron Highlands, I was surprised to find the various species of sweet potatoes that are grown in the highlands.

Without much hesitation I picked up 3 kg of assorted sweet potatoes at a price of RM10.  It's not often that we can find different coloured sweet potatoes available at the same time in our lowland market.

I used some to make this Sweet Potato 'tong sui'/dessert and must say that the colour combination is  beautiful.

four types of sweet potatoes, purple, orange, white and yellow ....... the white one is quite rare, tastes a bit like tapioca

so colourful .... the purple one is a cross of sweet potato and yam.  Soaked them in water to prevent them from turning brown while waiting for the water to boil

pretty isn't it .................yummy

Recipe for Colourful Sweet Potato Dessert

Ingredients

2 litres of water

Purple sweet potatoes  - 190 gm

White sweet potatoes   -  180 gm

Yellow sweet potatoes -  190 gm

Orange sweet potatoes -  400 gm

Rock sugar  - 150 gm or to taste

Young ginger -  20 gm crushed

Srewpine leaves  -  3 pieces

Preparation

Bring the 2 litres of water to the boil

Add in the crushed ginger, screwpine leaves and rock sugar

Meanwhile, peel off the skin of the sweet potatoes,

cut into bite sizes

Soak them in water to prevent them from browning

while waiting for the syrup to boil

Once it boils, add in all the sweet potatoes, stir

Once the sweet potatoes are soft

which doesn't take long,

the sweet is ready to be served

Will feature some pictures of Cameron Highlands in my next post.

Stay tuned!