Apr
26
2017

Cook with Ayden: Sweet Potato in Gula Melaka dessert

Sweet potatoes are an excellent source of carotenes. We need carotenes as our body converts it into Vitamin A. Vitamin A is important for good eye vision and healthy skin; especially beneficial for school-going children.

I try to include sweet potatoes into the boys’ diet as often as possible. Sometimes they eat it steamed on its own but at times when we have more time to spare, I’ll prepare this delicious Sweet Potato in Gula Melaka drink for them.

These days, I don’t have to cook this anymore as I’ve passed the baton to Ayden.

Here’s the video of him preparing this delicious dessert drink for us ♥

Ayden @ 3Y8M

Ingredients:
Sweet Potato (I like to combine more than one colour)
Gula Melaka
Pandan Leaf
Ginger
Water

Method:
1) Cube sweet potatoes
2) Add sweet potatoes, water, gula melaka, pandan leaf and ginger
3) Let boil
4) Remove pandan leaf and serve

Sometimes I love to add sago into this dessert drink. To add sago, boil a pot of water. Add sago and continue boiling until sago turns out translucent. Pour into a sieve to remove water. Wash under running water and add into the sweet potato drink last.

Depending on your preference, this sweet potato in gula melaka can be eaten warm or cold.

Tags: desserts, sweet potatoes, tongsui

About the Author: Merryn Tan

7 Comments + Add Comment

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suituapui April 27, 2017 at 5:07 am

Sweet potatoes, food for the poor Taiwanese long ago when they could not afford rice, now so so expensive, worth its weight in gold. I love those sago pearls too.

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roseliew April 27, 2017 at 6:33 am

I love sweet potatoes. But my kids do not fancy it so I seldom cook at home. Love your sweet potatoes dessert. Something like bubur cha cha minus the sago.

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Wyepeng April 27, 2017 at 10:56 am

I have a similar rice cooker and what mode you use for the boiling . Thanks !

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  Merryn April 27, 2017 at 10:02 pm
  
  Hi Jackie,
  
  We used SOUP function for boiling. Thank you :)
  
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Twilight Man April 27, 2017 at 12:18 pm

I am shy to confess that I didn’t know sweet potatoes contain carotenes. I must eat more!
This dessert is very delicious as I am sweet toothed.

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mun April 28, 2017 at 7:47 pm

I like to eat sweet potatoes tong sui like this, especially with sago! Yums! Wah, now Ayden can cook a full course meal complete with dessert.

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yan May 6, 2017 at 3:31 pm

This sweet potatoes in gula melaka looked so delicious. I just love having it.

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I am a mother to two boys; Ethan and Ayden and a wife to Darling William. I'm a stay at home mum who blogs to break the monotony of life and to avoid feeling jaded. Would love to get to know all the Super Mommies and Daddies and Babies or Singles out there with the hope that we can learn more from each other. Most of all, I am a happy person, and I hope YOU are too.