Nutrition: "Kamote" for Food / myLot

Philippines

June 15, 2019 12:28am CST

"Kamote" is a local dialect name for sweet potato. It's usually sold in the market especially during market day in our small city. Today is Saturday. It's our market day and I come across this root vegetable which we call "Kamote". This is edible tuberous root. It has a smooth skin of different color from yellow, orange, red, brown, purple, and beige. So as with Its flesh ranges from beige through white, red, pink, violet, yellow, orange, and purple color. When eaten raw, they're rich in complex carbohydrates, dietary fiber and beta-carotene (a provitamin A carotenoid), with moderate contents of other micronutrients like vitamin B5, vitamin B6 and manganese. When cooked by baking, they're rich in vitamin C. Have you eaten this one?

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Danna B.

@db20747 (43419)

• Washington, District Of Columbia

15 Jun 19

Love sweet potatoes!! Especially when adding cinnamon!!

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@Nakitakona (59987)

• Philippines

15 Jun 19

Wow, that's delicious.

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@raveeen (3457)

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15 Jun 19

That's my favorite!!! I like to cut it into slice then I like to cook it with sugar and sometimes I make it as frech fries, like super thin slice to make it more crunchier

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@Nakitakona (59987)

• Philippines

15 Jun 19

That's the best, my friend.

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@raveeen (3457)

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15 Jun 19

@Nakitakona ya it is really the best!

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@raveeen (3457)

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15 Jun 19

@cacay1 I didn't try yet to put some coconut milk but it sounds good so I'll try it next time

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Sreekala

@Sreekala (34312)

• India

15 Jun 19

Yes, I have eaten a lot. Now it is not season here for the same, in winter season it is available as plenty with a fewer price. In our native place, we cultivated the same in our own land so I got chance to eat it as raw.

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Sreekala

@Sreekala (34312)

• India

15 Jun 19

@cacay1 No no, I never faced any problem on eating it as raw.

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@Nakitakona (59987)

• Philippines

15 Jun 19

Is that so you eat it raw? That's good for we're eating them raw. They're crunchy when fresh or newly harvested.