Eating stir-fried sweet potato leaves regularly can provide many health benefits.
It helps lower cholesterol levels, and protects against diseases such as heart disease, liver disease, cancer, indigestion, and constipation, while also being good for the eyes. In addition, it's a vegetable that can boost the immune system.
To make this vegetable both healthy and delicious, we're sharing a Thai-style stir-fry recipe for it.
Ingredients
- 1 bunch sweet potato leaves
- 3 chili peppers
- 6 cloves garlic
- 1 tablespoon soybean paste
- 1 tablespoon Shan-style rice wine (San Wine)
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1/2 tablespoon sugar
- 4 tablespoons cooking oil
- A little water
Step-by-step instructions
1. Wash the sweet potato leaves thoroughly with water. Then separate the leaves from the stems.
Peel the garlic and pound it in a mortar until crushed. Add the chili peppers and pound them together. Then set aside separately.
2. In a bowl, mix together 1 tablespoon soybean paste, 1 tablespoon rice wine, 1 tablespoon oyster sauce, 1/2 tablespoon fish sauce, and 1/2 tablespoon sugar until well combined.
3. Then heat a wok and add 4 tablespoons of oil. Once the oil is hot, add the pounded garlic and chili, and fry until fragrant.
4. Then add the sweet potato stems first. Add the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of fish sauce and stir-fry for about 30 seconds.
5. Then add the sweet potato leaves and pour in the soybean paste mixture prepared in step (2), stirring until well combined.
6. After stir-frying for about 20 seconds, taste for a light salty flavor. Add a little more salt if needed.
Once everything is done, you'll have a delicious stir-fried sweet potato leaf dish ready to enjoy.
Source: Futuredish.com
