2 ways to make simple but delicious sweet potato jam to enjoy Tet holiday

Sweet potato is a root vegetable that is rich in fiber, starch and many other healthy nutrients. Sweet potatoes can be processed into many different dishes such as tea, boiled directly, fried potatoes, … Especially, on Tet days, sweet potatoes are also used to make delicious jam to sip.

A plate of sweet potato jam with sweetness will be a very meaningful gift when you make it yourself. Enjoying jam on Tet holiday will bring joy and happiness, helping the family to bond more together to welcome a warm and peaceful new year.

How to make traditional sweet potato jam

Ingredient

• 1kg of sweet potatoes from Dalat.
• 500g granulated sugar.

• 1 teaspoon slaked lime.
• Salt.

Note: Sweet potatoes to make jam should choose large tubers, not deep. Any type of potato can be used, but the most delicious is turmeric sweet potato with red skin, yellow flesh. This is a very fragrant sweet potato and when the slugs will not be crushed.

Ingredients for making sweet potato jam

Doing

Step 1 Prepare a bowl of water diluted with a little salt. After that, just peel the sweet potato to clean the skin and cut it into square pieces the size of a little finger , then soak it in salt water so that the potato can get all the plastic and not be confused, wash it with clean water.

Process materials

Next, to avoid wasting time, you should mix cold water with slaked lime overnight to settle the residue. Then you filter out the clear lime water and then put the sweet potato in it and soak it for about 3-4 hours to make the potato crisper and firmer . Finally, rinse with cold water and then pour into a basket to dry.

Step 2 Marinate the potatoes with 500g of sugar for another 3-4 hours so that the sugar dissolves and penetrates the potatoes. Mix or shake occasionally to coat the potatoes evenly.

Marinated potatoes

Step 3 Put the potatoes with the marinated sugar in a pan and turn on low heat to slug the potatoes . From time to time you use chopsticks to gently stir and separate each piece of potato, avoiding constant stirring will cause the potatoes to be crushed.

Continue to slug until the water dries up, dry sugar sticks to the surface of the potatoes, then turn off the stove. Finally, arrange the potatoes in a basket or tray in a cool place until the jam is completely dry, then it can be preserved and used gradually.

Jam slugs

How to make sweet potato jam without lime juice

Ingredient

• 1kg of sweet potatoes from Dalat.
• 500g granulated sugar.
• 1 tablespoon tapioca or cornstarch.

• 1 tube of vanilla.
• Salt.

Doing

Step 1 Wash the sweet potatoes to remove all the mud, then boil them on the stove , then take them out, wait for them to cool, then peel and mash the sweet potatoes.

Preliminary processing of sweet potatoes

Step 2 Put the potatoes in a bowl and then add 500g of sugar, 1 teaspoon of salt, mix well, then let it sit for about 30 minutes for the sugar to dissolve . Prepare another bowl for cornstarch (or tapioca), vanilla and 50ml of filtered water and mix well.

Make jam mix

Step 3 Put the sweet potatoes in the pan and then turn on the heat and slug continuously until the potatoes are thickened, then slowly put the flour on top of the potatoes, pour in the flour and stir the potatoes.

If you feel heavy hands, you can turn off the stove to mix the dough. Then turn on the heat and continue to slug until the mixture is flexible, no longer sticks to the pan and feels heavy, then turn off the stove.

Jam slugs

Step 4 Wait for the potatoes to cool, then you can use your hands to shape or use a cake mold to make different shapes more interesting and attractive. Next is to put the jam on a tray or tray and then let it dry in the sun for 3-4 hours to dry again and you can enjoy it.

Shaping

Finished product

Sweet potato jam is both delicious and flexible and can be made in many different ways, but it’s very simple, and you can prepare immediately for your family and friends an attractive sweet potato jam that is not inferior to soft dried jam. Packaged ready to sell but also very safe and hygienic.

Sweet potato jam

How to preserve sweet potato jam as delicious as when it’s done

Store sweet potato jam in glass jars/plastic jars, in the refrigerator . With this storage method, you can use it for about 1 month. If the jam is kept in a sealed plastic bag, it can only be kept for up to 3 weeks.

Close the lid tightly after each use.

Avoid leaving jam in a place with direct sunlight because the jam is easy to water, bacterial infection causes abdominal pain.

Jam placed on a tray should not be put back in the jar . Therefore, you should only add a sufficient amount of jam to avoid spoiling the jam, and have to throw it away!

If the jam shows signs of watery, you can put the jam in the pan, let it cook on medium heat and let it simmer for about 2-3 minutes.

Preserving sweet potato jam

Thus, Tnhelearning.edu.vn has just revealed to you 2 ways to make delicious sweet potato jam to enjoy with family and friends on Tet. Wishing you a successful and delicious implementation.

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