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Sweet potato leaves can be eaten. It is easy to prepare dishes using the leaves. The young shoots are plucked and can be eaten raw or cooked. It can be boiled, fried or just taken raw. The young leaves can be cooked into many dishes. Some of the dishes are lemak which is cooked with coconut milk, curry and stir-fry with sambal belacan.

It is easy to plant sweet potato. Usually they are planted from cuttings. Just take the stem from the plant with some shoots left and plant it in the ground. In case if there is not enough space on the ground to plant the sweet potato, flower pots can also be used. The soil should be sandy for it to grow well. If the cuttings cannot be obtainable, the sweet potato tubers can also be used to plant. Just take the old tubers with shoots. Make sure you water the plant everyday. If there is not enough water the plant will not grow well. The plant should be watered daily. Sometimes the leaves will turn yellow due to insufficient water or nutrients.

The leaves contain a lot of vitamin A, B, C, potassium and iron. Daily taking of the sweet potato leaves can also help to prevent heart diseases, diabetes and infections. Here is a simple recipe for Fried Potato Leaves with Sambal Belacan or shrimp paste.

Ingredients:

a few bunches of sweet potato leaves 3 fresh chillies 1 cm belacan (shrimp paste) 1/2 tsp salt

Method:

1. Wash and pluck sweet potato leaves. If the leaves are young, the whole bunch can be used.

2. Wash and pound the fresh chillies with shrimp paste till fine.

3. Heat up a wok. When hot, add a few tablespoons of oil. Fry the pounded chillies with the shrimp paste till fragrant and stir-fry the vegetables for a few minutes..

4. Add some seasoning for better taste. Do not add too much salt as the shrimp paste is already salty.

Note:

The potato leaves can also be boiled first before frying. In this way, the potato leaves will not be over-cooked and the leaves will be greener. To do this, heat up half a pot of water with some oil and salt. When the water begins to boil, scald the leaves for one minute. Take the leaves out and drain them well. It can now be used for cooking dishes.

Learn about the simple, nutritious and ever delicious Asian food. Happy cooking!!:)