Yam Paste
Ingredients
- 800 g yam (skinned & diced) ($5.49)
- 160 ml oil ($1.25)
- 6 shallots (sliced) ($0.049)
- 200 g 200 g sugar ($0.303)
- 150 ml water
- 120 ml coconut milk ($0.624)
Instructions
- Skin yam and dice into small pieces. Steam yam cubes over high heat for around 20 minutes until soft.
- Transfer yam to a big bowl and add about 50ml of water, then mash yam using the back of a fork.
- Heat oil in a frypan over medium heat and fry shallots till brown and crispy. Remove fried shallots and keep for other purposes, leaving the oil in the frypan.
- Reduce to low fire, and add mashed yam, sugar and 100ml of water into frypan. Fry until well-mixed and smooth. *Transfer to a blender to blend if you want the consistency to be smoother.
- Let yam paste cool for a little while before serving with coconut milk (about 20ml for each serving) and gingko nuts.
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