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What is Sweet Potato, Shakarkand?

Culinary uses of Sweet Potato, Shakarkand in Indian cooking

Health Benefits of Sweet Potato, Shakarkand

What is Sweet Potato, Shakarkand?

Also Known as

Shakarkand

Sweet potatoes popularly known as shakarkand or shakariya in India is a naturally sweet root vegetable. It is found throughout the year though especially during Indian winters you will see roadside vendors selling roasted shakarkand sprinkled with lemon juice and chaat masala.

The sweet potato has yellow or orange flesh, and its thin skin may either be white, yellow, orange, red or purple. Sometimes this root vegetable will be shaped like a potato, being short and blocky with rounded ends, while other times it will be longer with tapered ends.

While buying sweet potatoes, you should look for ones without any cracks and soft spots. A good way of storing them is to keep them loose in a brown paper bag with multiple holes in a cool, dark place away from heat.

It is wonderfully sweet and can be used to make Indian dessert recipes like Shakarkand Halwa. Just like potatoes, it is a popular faraal (fasting) food ingredient. You can make various Indian vrat recipes like Sweet Potato Khichdi, Sweet Potato Tikkis with Tomato Raita or Sweet Potato Rabdi.

How to Select Sweet Potato, Shakarkand

Choose sweet potatoes that are firm and do not have any cracks, bruises or soft spots. Avoid those that are displayed in the refrigerated section of the produce department since cold temperature negatively alters their taste.

Culinary uses of Sweet Potato, Shakarkand in Indian cooking

Sweet Potato, Shakarkand used in sabzi

They are used in making Indian mixed vegetable subzis like Sambhariyu Shaak and Oondhiya.

@R Oondhiya.

Sweet Potato, Shakarkand used in snacks

baked sweet potato fries recipe | oven baked Indian sweet potato fries | garlic shakarkand fries

The combination of olive oil and dry spices make these oven roasted sweet potatoes nice and crispy—which, of course, means they are more delicious.

Sweet Potato used in Indian dessert :

shakarkand ka halwa recipe | faral sweet potato halwa | navratri vrat ka halwa | upvas ka halwa

Sweet Potato, Shakarkand used in fasting

sweet potato khichdi recipe | shakarkand upvas khichdi | rataloo chi khichdi | faral, vrat khichdi

How to Store Sweet Potato, Shakarkand

Sweet potatoes should be stored in a cool, dark and well-ventilated place, where they will keep fresh for up to ten days. Ideally, they should be kept out of the refrigerator in a cool, dry, dark place not above 60F, which would fit the characteristics of a root cellar. Yet since most people dont have root cellars, wed suggest just keeping your sweet potatoes loose (not in a plastic bag) an storing them in a cool, dark, and well-ventilated cupboard away from sources of excess heat (like the stove)

Health Benefits of Sweet Potato, Shakarkand

9 Health Benefits of Sweet Potatoes

1. Regulate Blood Pressure

2. Prevent Cancer

3. Boost Immunity

4. Promote Eye Care

5. Probably Control Diabetes

6. Minimize Cardiac Diseases

7. Aid Weight Loss

8. Cure Stomach Ulcer

9. Manages Stress

Sweet Potato is a Boon for Boosting Immunity :

The credit for this too goes to the ‘Antioxidants’, especially vitamin C. It helps build immune cells (WBC) thus forming a line of defence against all types of infections.

Sweet Potato Aids in Weight Loss :

½ cup of sweet potatoes gives you a handsome amount of fiber (2.9 g). This much fiber for a snack is enough to keep you full for hours and avoid bingeing on unhealthy snacks. Almost nil fat is an added benefit for weight watchers.

See article on Benefits, Nutrition of sweet potatoes, shakarkand.

Nutritional Value of Sweet Potato, Shakarkand

½ Cup sweet potato cubes is about 75 g

RDA stands for Recommended Daily Allowance.

Energy - 90 calories

Protein – 0.9 g

Carbohydrate – 21.2 g

Fat – 0.2 g

Fiber – 2.9 g

Vitamins:

18 mg of Vitamin C = 45% of RDA (about 40 mg)

3191.6 mcg of Vitamin A = 66.4% of RDA (about 4800 mcg)

Minerals:

34.5 mg of Calcium = 2.4% of RDA (about 400 mg)

20.2 mg of Magnesium = 8.6% of RDA (about 350 mg)

37.5 mg of Phosphorus = 6.2% of RDA (about 600 mg)

294.7 mg of Potassium = 6.2% of RDA (about 4700 g)

sweet potato cubes

Wash and peel the sweet potatoes using a peeler. Place it on a chopping board and using a sharp knife cut it into half vertically from the centre. Cut the half portion into another half vertically. Then from each portion make vertical slits of desired thickness at regular intervals. Line all the slits together and cut at regular intervals horizontally to get sweet potato cubes. The cubes are usually 1/2 to 1 inch in size.

grated sweet potato

Wash and peel the sweet potatoes using a peeler. To grate the sweet potato. Hold the grater in one hand and the sweet potato in the other hand. Now place the sweet potato on the blade (of desired thickness of the holes) of the grater and push it downwards using the force of your hands to get grated strands of sweet potato. Be careful to keep hands and fingers away from the grater. It can be grated thinly or thickly using a grater as required by the recipe.

sliced sweet potato

Wash and peel the sweet potatoes using a peeler. Place it on a chopping board and using a sharp knife cut it into quarters by first cutting vertically from the centre and then horizontally. Then on each piece make vertical slits of at regular intervals to get thick sliced sweet potatoes, although all the sliced sweet potatoes need not be exactly of the same size.

boiled sweet potato

Wash sweet potato thoroughly in enough water. To use peeled or unpeeled sweet potatoes here is your choice. Boil enough water in a deep pan and add clean sweet potatoes to it. Cover the pan with a lid and cook them on a medium flame until tender. The time will vary depending on the size and the number of sweet potatoes. If you had used unpeeled sweet potatoes, peel them and use as required. Boiled sweet potatoes can be used for pies, cookies, casseroles etc.

chopped sweet potato

Wash and peel the sweet potatoes using a peeler. Place it on a chopping board and using a sharp knife cut it into half vertically from the centre. Cut the half portion into another half vertically. Then from each portion make vertical slits of at regular intervals of approximately ? inch in diameter. To get chopped sweet potatoes, line all the slits together and cut horizontally at approximately ? inch in diameter, although the chopped food doesn't need to be exactly the same size. If the recipe calls for the sweet potato to be "roughly chopped," make the pieces slightly larger.

boiled sweet potato cubes

Wash sweet potato thoroughly in enough water. Boil enough water in a deep pan and add clean sweet potatoes to it. Cover the pan with a lid and cook them on a medium flame until tender. The time will vary depending on the size and the number of sweet potatoes. Cool slightly and peel them with your hands. Place it on a chopping board and using a sharp knife cut it into half vertically from the centre. Cut the half portion into another half vertically. Then from each portion make vertical slits of desired thickness at regular intervals. Line all the slits together and cut at regular intervals horizontally to get sweet potato cubes. The cubes are usually 1/2 to 1 inch in size.

boiled and mashed sweet potato

sweet potato fingers

Sweet Potato fingers are referred to thin long strips of sweet potato, which are of approx. 1/4 to1/2 inch thickness. Wash and peel the sweet potatoes using a peeler. Place it on a chopping board and using a sharp knife cut it into quarters by first cutting vertically from the centre and then horizontally. Cut each portion into another half vertically to get slices. Then from each slice make vertical slits of at regular intervals of approximately ? inch in diameter to get sweet potato fingers.

parboiled sweet potato long slices

Wash sweet potato thoroughly in enough water. Boil enough water in a deep pan and add clean sweet potatoes to it. Cover the pan with a lid and cook them on a medium flame till they are 80% cooked. The time will vary depending on the size and the number of sweet potatoes. Cool slightly and peel them with your hands. Place it on a chopping board and using a sharp knife cut it into quarters by first cutting vertically from the centre and then horizontally. Cut each portion vertically to get slices of desired thickness.