How to eat chestnut sweet potatoes and their benefits

Chestnut sweet potato is a new variety of sweet potato. It is mostly purple-red in appearance. It is fresh and juicy, fragrant, sweet but not greasy, and has a very high nutritional value. People usually have many benefits to their bodies after eating it. So how should this chestnut sweet potato be eaten? I will write down the method of eating chestnut sweet potato and tell you, and also tell you what the effects of chestnut sweet potato are.

How to eat chestnut sweet potato

1. Chestnuts and sweet potatoes can be steamed

There are many ways to eat chestnut sweet potatoes. Usually, you can wash the surface mud and sand of fresh chestnut sweet potatoes with clean water, and then put them directly into the steamer. After boiling, about half an hour later, the chestnut sweet potatoes in the pot will become soft. At this time, you can poke them with chopsticks. If you can easily pierce through them, it means that the chestnut sweet potatoes are cooked and can be eaten directly after taking them out and cooling them down.

2. Chestnuts and sweet potatoes can be used to make porridge

Cooking porridge is also a common way to eat chestnuts and sweet potatoes. You can wash the chestnuts and sweet potatoes and cut them into pieces of your favorite size. Then wash the rice, millet and other rice ingredients with clean water, put them into the pot together with the chestnuts and sweet potatoes, add appropriate amount of clean water, and cook them together. Turn off the heat when the porridge in the pot is soft, sticky and thick.

The efficacy of chestnut sweet potato

Chestnut sweet potatoes are rich in dietary fiber and carbohydrates, as well as some carotene and multiple vitamins. In addition, trace elements such as potassium, selenium and copper are also the most important in white-collar sweet potatoes. We can quickly absorb and utilize these nutrients after using chestnut sweet potatoes, which can promote body metabolism and prevent cell cancer. In addition, chestnut sweet potatoes can nourish the liver and kidneys, promote body recovery, improve the digestive capacity of the human digestive organs, and have a certain conditioning effect on human indigestion.