Doing away with the itchiness of yam
@aninditasen (18198)
Raurkela, India
July 15, 2023 9:24am CST
Most Indians avoid yam and I too most of the time as it causes itching of hands and also the throat after eating. While scrolling through some youtubes I found the lovely method of doing away with its itchy nature. I boiled it in vinegar for sometime, drained the water, smashed it added rice powder and gram flour some spices and fried them into chops. We had it as a side item for our lunch. Both my son and me liked it. What are the ways you cook yam?
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@DaddyEvil (174590)
• United States
15 Jul 23
I only eat yams and sweet potatoes raw. I don't like their flavor when they've been cooked.
If a food makes your throat itchy, it usually means you have an allergy to that food.
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@DaddyEvil (174590)
• United States
16 Jul 23
@aninditasen Yams shouldn't be "itchy".
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
16 Jul 23
@DaddyEvil But they are in India.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
16 Jul 23
Yams are itchy. We make a chutney in Bengal out of yam but it's very hot as we have to add lot of green chillies and mustard paste.
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@AmbiePam (120988)
• United States
16 Jul 23
@aninditasen Oh, it’s a different kind of yam; that makes sense. I should have guessed that!
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
16 Jul 23
@AmbiePam Yes, yams growing in India are itchy.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
16 Jul 23
The Indian yam is itchy even when you cut them.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
16 Jul 23
That's a new way of cooking them. I will try that. Thanks for sharing.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Jul 23
@aninditasen My kids have always eaten them that way 
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
16 Jul 23
Wow you are a great cook Anindita..what a great idea to use the vinegar to balance out the PH of the Yam and quell the itch.
Well no problems here with itch..so usually I just boil them and add butter salt and pepper. Eat them like mashed spuds.
Or at the American holiday of Thanksgiving, we bake the in the oven with sugar, cinnamon and add marshmallows for topping..then they are sticky sweet.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
18 Jul 23
I am really learning new ways to cook and bake yam. I will try all those.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
16 Jul 23
@aninditasen never tried them - not sold in the UK
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
16 Jul 23
It's grown extensively in India as the climate supports its growth.
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