The lazy method of iron stick yam, no peeling, no frying or boiling soup, so steaming, not putting a drop of oil, not adding a grain of salt, soft glutinous sweet, surprisingly delicious! When I was a child, I liked to eat yam like this, it was original and healthy! Every winter, when I came home from school, Grandma would cook a pot for us as a snack. There are sweet potatoes, taro, yams inside. Especially the yam, I can't get tired of eating it, and if I don't eat it the next day, I will be hungry, and now I miss the yam cooked by my grandmother.
The yam in different places and varieties is also different, when I was a child, the yam in the yard was a purple yam, oval, and a yam grew several underground. Usually grown with taro, it is particularly soft and sweet, and now I rarely see this yam, as long as I see it, I will buy it every time. Iron stick yam is a specialty of Henan, rusty like rust, small, but very long, the shape is very similar to iron rod, so it is called iron stick yam. There is also a kind of Huai yam, which is larger than the iron stick yam, relatively short, and the taste is different, this Huai yam, the price is also cheaper than the iron stick yam.
Yam in Guangdong, the most common practice is to boil soup, but also can be stir-fried. But my family's favorite thing to eat is to eat steamed, clean and cut into sections, put it in a pot and steam it to eat. Peeling fresh yam is very troublesome, the appearance of mucus is more, hand contact will be red and itchy, so the yam peeling of soup and stir-fry should wear gloves. High-quality yam, less root whiskers, more flesh inside, no black spots, smooth appearance without decay. In addition, the yam is peeled, before it can be put into a cool place to blow dry, the outer skin wrinkles, which also disappears mucus, and the hand contact will not itch.
【Original taste, steamed yam】Ingredients: Iron stick yam, if you like it, you can also purple yam, Huai yam, you can also add sweet potatoes, taro, clean it, put it in the pot and steam it together, it is delicious.
Step 1: Iron stick yam, wash clean, cut into sections, according to the size of the pot cut length, generally 15 cm can be. A good quality iron stick yam, after cutting into pieces, the meat inside is white, and a lot of mucus is bubbling up.
Step 2: After boiling the pot with the right amount of water, put the iron stick yam evenly into the steamer. You can also steam taro and sweet potatoes together. The steamer can be 2 layers together.
Step 3: Cover the lid and steam for about 10 minutes, depending on the size of the fire, as long as it is steamed, it can be turned off.
Step 4: After steaming, simmer for 3 minutes, open the lid, tear the skin by hand and eat it, hot, sweet and soft, very tasty. Some people like to dip soy sauce, chili peppers, garlic paste. You can also stir the steamed yam into a puree to make a yam pastry.
【Sourcehe warm tips】1.How to judge whether the yam is cooked, break the yam, there is no white spot in the middle, it is the color of cooking. 2. Why is the yam steamed more fragrant than boiled, because the yam will lose nutrients after peeling, whether it is iron stick yam, purple yam, Huai yam, steamed with skin is very delicious. 3. Purple yam, Huai yam, the size is relatively large, when steaming yam, you can cut it and put it into the steamer, the iron stick yam is relatively long, you need to cut it
Do you have yams in your hometown? Which way of cooking do you like: yam pork rib soup, blueberry yam puree, yam potato chips, yam boiled hot pot, fried yam, I look forward to your message and share your opinion.