10 Practical Purple Sweet Potato Recipes, Delicious Homemade Dishes

Kapanlagi.com - Purple sweet potato is a food ingredient that is widely available in Indonesia. So it's no wonder that there are many purple sweet potato recipes as favorite dishes. Besides its delicious taste, purple sweet potato has an attractive color and stimulates the appetite.

Not only that, purple sweet potato is rich in vitamins, minerals, and important antioxidants for the body. Its purple color and perfect sweetness make purple sweet potato well-liked by people.

The benefits of purple sweet potato can be a source of healthy carbohydrates. The dietary fiber in purple sweet potato can be very filling and healthy at the same time.

Now, to obtain the benefits of purple sweet potato, here are several purple sweet potato recipes that you can try at home. These recipes are sourced from various sources for those of you who are determined to cook purple sweet potato as a delicious dish at home.

1. Purple Sweet Potato Chiffon Cake

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Here is a recipe for purple sweet potato chiffon cake that you can try and make at home.

Ingredients I

- 100 grams of purple sweet potato, steamed and mashed

- 125 grams of medium protein flour

- 100 ml of milk

- 75 grams of granulated sugar

- 50 grams of cooking oil

- 5 egg yolks

- A pinch of salt

- 8 drops of purple food coloring

Ingredients II

- 75 grams of granulated sugar

- 6 egg whites

- 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda

Instructions:

1. Blend the steamed and mashed purple sweet potato with milk and purple food coloring. Add cooking oil. Pour into a container.

2. Gradually add the flour and granulated sugar into the purple sweet potato mixture, mix well.

3. Beat the egg whites and baking soda until half expanded, then add granulated sugar from ingredients II until fully expanded.

4. Gradually pour the expanded ingredients II mixture into the purple sweet potato mixture, mix well.

5. Pour the mixture into a 20 cm chiffon mold. Bake for 60 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius.

6. Remove the cooked cake from the mold.

2. Purple Sweet Potato Jala Manis.

Here is a recipe for purple sweet potato jala manis that you can imitate and make at home.

Ingredients:

- 150 gr all-purpose flour

- 2 eggs, beaten

- 260 ml coconut milk

- 1 tbsp granulated sugar

- 2 tbsp cooking oil

- 20 gr margarine, melted

- A pinch of salt

- Purple food coloring as needed

- 1/2 tsp vanilla powder

Filling ingredients:

- 350 gr steamed and mashed purple sweet potatoes

- 125 gr granulated sugar

- 20 gr margarine

- A little salt

How to make the filling:

- Mix all the ingredients, cook until thickened

How to make the dough:

1. Mix flour, sugar, and salt, stir well

2. Add coconut milk, alternating with eggs and oil, stir well, finally add melted margarine, add purple food coloring as needed, stir until smooth, then strain

3. Pour the dough into a plastic bottle with a small hole in the lid

4. Heat a non-stick pan, lightly grease with oil

5. Pour the dough in a jala shape, repeat until finished

6. Take one sheet of jala bread, add the filling, fold and roll

7. Garnish with grated cheese and pieces of candied cherry.

3. Purple Sweet Potato Onde-Onde

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Do you like to eat purple sweet potato onde-onde, but it would be too expensive if you buy them constantly? Now you don't need to worry, here is a recipe for purple sweet potato onde-onde that you can try to make.

Ingredients for the dough:

- 220 gr purple sweet potato, steamed

- 100 gr glutinous rice flour

- 2 tbsp rice flour

- 120 ml warm water

- 30 gr granulated sugar

- 1/2 tsp salt

- 1/4 tsp vanilla powder

- Sesame seeds

Filling:

- peeled mung bean paste

Instructions:

1. Mash the sweet potato with a fork, then add glutinous rice flour and rice flour, mix briefly

2. Dissolve sugar, salt, and vanilla in warm water, after it dissolves, pour it into the flour mixture and knead until smooth

3. Take a sufficient amount of dough, flatten it, add the filling, shape it into a ball

4. Brush with a little water and immediately roll it in sesame seeds

5. Put the onde-onde in hot oil over low heat. Leave it until bubbles appear, approximately 5 minutes

6. Then gently stir and increase the heat slightly, fry until the sesame seeds turn golden brown, approximately 10 minutes

7. Remove from the oil and serve.

4. Purple Sweet Potato Lumpia

Turns out there's a recipe for purple sweet potato to make a dish called lumpia, KLovers. If you're curious, please check out the following purple sweet potato recipe.

Ingredients:

- 500 grams of purple sweet potato

- 1 sachet of mayummy original

- 5 tablespoons of condensed milk

- 1 teaspoon of salt

- lumpia wrappers

- cooking oil

- 1 tablespoon of flour mixed with a little water (for glue)

How to make:

1. Steam the purple sweet potato, mash it

2. Mix mayummy with purple sweet potato and add condensed milk and salt, stir well

3. Take the purple sweet potato and shape it into an elongated oval

4. Place it on top of the lumpia wrapper

5. Shape it like a lumpia and stick it together with the flour glue

6. Heat the oil, fry until golden brown

7. Serve.

5. Purple Sweet Potato Donuts

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Here is a complete recipe for purple sweet potato donuts. You can try and make these purple sweet potato donuts at home.

Ingredients:

- 250 grams of purple sweet potato

- 250 grams of all-purpose flour

- 50 grams of powdered sugar

- 1 tablespoon of butter

- 20 grams of powdered milk

- 1 egg

- 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla powder

- 1/2 teaspoon of instant yeast

- Cooking oil for frying

Instructions:

1. Peel the purple sweet potato and boil until cooked.

2. Remove from heat and let it cool, then mash the sweet potato.

3. Put the sweet potato in a large enough container, add the all-purpose flour, powdered sugar, butter, powdered milk, egg, vanilla, and instant yeast.

4. Stir all the ingredients until smooth and not lumpy.

5. Let the dough rest for 15-30 minutes until it expands.

6. Shape the dough into donut shapes as usual.

7. Let it rest again for 30 minutes.

8. Fry the donuts until golden brown.

9. Add toppings according to your preference.

6. Purple Sweet Potato Talam Cake

The recipe for making this purple sweet potato talam cake is quite easy and suitable for beginners to try at home.

Ingredients A:

- 250 gr purple sweet potato, steamed and mashed

- 50 gr tapioca flour

- 35 gr rice flour

- 15 gr sago flour

- 100 gr granulated sugar, according to taste

- 1/4 tsp salt

- 1 sachet instant thick coconut milk

Ingredients B:

- 40 gr rice flour

- 20 gr tapioca flour

- 15 gr sago flour

- 1/4 tsp salt

- A pinch of vanilla powder

- 1 sachet instant thick coconut milk

Instructions:

1. Mix all ingredients A until well combined, then strain to make the texture smooth and free of lumps. Set aside.

2. Mix all ingredients B until well combined, then strain. Set aside.

3. Grease the mold with a little olive oil/regular oil.

4. Pour 3/4 of the mixture A into the mold, then steam for about 10 minutes.

5. Then pour the mixture B on top of the surface of mixture A. Steam again for about 15 minutes (adjust according to the size of the mold).

6. If you want the white part on top, steam the mixture B first and then layer it with mixture A (adjust according to taste).

7. Once cooked, remove from the steamer and let it cool before removing from the mold.

8. Make sure to line the steamer with a cloth so that water does not drip onto the surface of the cake.

7. Crispy Fried Purple Sweet Potato

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The recipe for purple sweet potato that you also need to know is crispy fried purple sweet potato. Let's just take a look at the ingredients and how to make it.

Ingredients:

- 500 gr purple sweet potato, weighed after steamed and mashed

- Granulated sugar to taste

Dipping batter:

- Enough all-purpose flour

- Enough sugar

- Enough water

- Enough salt

- Bread crumbs

- Cooking oil for frying

Instructions:

1. Mix the purple sweet potato and granulated sugar evenly. Then shape it according to your preference. Repeat until finished.

2. Dip the sweet potato into the dipping batter and then coat it with bread crumbs.

3. Repeat the process of dipping into the batter and coating with bread crumbs until the entire surface of the sweet potato is evenly covered. Repeat until finished.

4. After finishing, put it in the refrigerator for about 20 minutes, so that the bread crumbs stick perfectly.

5. Heat the cooking oil and fry the sweet potato until golden brown.

6. Serve.

8. Purple Steamed Cake

The last purple sweet potato recipe is purple steamed cake. Please pay attention carefully so that your dish doesn't fail.

Sponge ingredients:

- 40 gr all-purpose flour

- 1 tsp yeast

- 1 tsp granulated sugar

- 50 ml water

- Mix all ingredients and let it sit for 30 minutes until it expands.

Batter ingredients:

- 120 gr granulated sugar

- 100 ml thick coconut milk

- 200 gr purple sweet potato, steamed and mashed

- 2 eggs

- A pinch of salt

- 150 gr all-purpose flour

Instructions:

1. Cook coconut milk and granulated sugar until the sugar dissolves, stir constantly to prevent boiling and breaking. Turn off the heat.

2. Mix all batter ingredients including purple sweet potato, and stir well. Add the sponge mixture and stir well. Then gradually pour in the all-purpose flour until it's completely used and let it sit for 2 hours or until the batter expands.

3. Prepare a steamer and preheat it. Then pour the batter into a steamed cake paper halfway, steam it over high heat. Cover the steamer lid with a cloth to prevent water from dripping onto the cake.

9. Purple Sweet Potato Ice Cream

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Have you ever heard of purple sweet potato ice cream? Well, if you want to try making this ice cream, here is a recipe for purple sweet potato ice cream that you can follow.

Ingredients:

-250 grams of purple sweet potato, steamed and mashed

-1 packet of plain agar-agar

-1 can of sweetened condensed milk

-1 tsp ovalet

-1 egg

-1 tsp salt

-1 tsp vanilla powder

-200 ml milk

Instructions:

1. Prepare a large bowl and mix all the ingredients.

2. Stir using a mixer.

3. If it is too thick, you can add a little water until it reaches the desired consistency.

4. Cook the mixture over low heat until it boils while stirring continuously.

5. Then remove from heat and let it cool.

6. Mix or blend the ice cream mixture until smooth.

7. Put it in the freezer until frozen.

8. If it still feels too firm, you can mix it again and store it in the freezer once more.

9. The ice cream is ready to be served.

So, those are some practical and creative purple sweet potato recipes that you can try.

(kpl/ans)