Sweet Potato Kheer is a tasty sweet dish from South Canara cuisine.
Since the beginning of the new year, I have been on a sweet spree here ! My third sweet dish in a row Sweet potato kheer! I recently made this kheer and it was too good, so I decided to share with you all. Â Sweet potato is again another healthy food . It is rich source of Vitamin A. It also contains Vitamin B, Vitamin C along with other minerals as calcium, magnesium, iron and phosphorous.
Some facts of sweet potato :
Sweet potato is neither a potato nor a yam . It is totally different from both of these.
Sweet potato is a dicotyledon plant and belongs to the family of Convolvulaceae.
It is regarded as one of the worlds healthiest food.
Steaming is the best way to consume this veggie, though it can be boiled or roasted.
It grows well in the tropical region, thus it is found in abundance in Africa, Asia and America.
This post is part of the Culinary Hoppers Blog hop with the theme “Udupi Cuisine”
Udupi cuisine is part of the Karnataka cuisine. Udupi is a small district  with a religious background. Thus, this cuisine was formed primarily by the Asthamathas of Udupi.  It is a satvic food which makes use of rice, greens and pulses.Coconut is one of the essential ingredients of their cooking. Vegetables as pumpkin, bitter gourd, cucumber, jackfruit  and plantain are primarily used.
Now, their cuisine consists of sambar made with fresh spices and coconut, rasam, chutney,gojju, variety of  payasams, pickles, and tasty stir fry. It is worthy to mention here that masala dosa is from this place. A wide variety of dosas and idlis are made for breakfast.
A few other sweet recipes worth taking a look  Basundi, Appi Payasa
Now, for today’s recipe, do check it
sweet potato kheer
- Sweet potato 250grams
- jaggery 150 grams
- ghee 2tsp
- coconut 1/2 200gms
- cardamom powder 1/4 tsp
- cashewnuts
- Steam the sweet potatoe in pressure cooker.
- Peel the skin and mash it.
- Put the grated coconut in hot water for fifteen minutes
- Grind it to a fine paste. Pass it through a sieve. This is the coconut milk.
- Repeat the procedure once again. Keep it aside.
- Take ghee in a pan, roast the cashews slightly. Take care not to burn them.Remove the cashews and set aside.
- Add the sweet potato and saute it for two minutes in the same pan.
- Add the coconut milk and jaggery and stir. Once it boils, remove from flame and keep aside.
- Finally,add cardamom powder and garnish with dry fruits.
sweet potato
coconut milk extraction
sweet potato kheer
The other dishes of Udupi Cuisine
- Tomato saaru by Shobana
- Mangalore bun by Vani
- Appe payasa by Piyali
- Pineapple menaskai by Shubha
- Khus khus payasa by Padma
- Gole bajje by Parvathy
- Wheat haalbai by Poornima
- Karela curry by Swati
- Chayote squash majige huli by Poornima
- Vangi bhat by Piyali
- Huli dosa by Padma
- Ginger tambli by Poornima
- Neer dosa by Padma
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Delightful dessert my dear. Very new and innovative. The creaminess from the sweet potato coupled with coconut is sure to bring out a powerhouse of flavours. Awesome and delicious.
Thankyou dear Piyali, do give it a try.
loved the payasa, Jaya. Surely would have tasted amazing. Delicious!
Thankyou dear Anu
New to me..looks super delish
Thankyou dear Vidya
Thanks for those facts about Sweet potato. I usually love it eat Sweet potatoes plain boiled. But this Kheer is new and seems simple. It looks delicious, a must try!
Thankyou dear Poornima, do give it a try.
ah…lovely addition of jaggery is the right jodi for this than adding sugar it would have tasted divine…love it
Thankyou dear Vani !
Gorgeous !!! I have never made a payasam using sweet potato , this is definitely on my to do list .. Lovely recipe too J
Thankyou dear Paro, do give it a try.
I love sweet potato and this dish looks divine…must have tasted awesome 🙂
Thankyou dear Padma, glad you liked it
One of favs.. wonderfully explained J.. We prepared it slightly differently. We add cubed sweet potates rather than mashing them.. Great post dear!
Thankyou Shubha, yes, I read a couple done that way dear.
Loved the inclusion of sweet potato . A healthy and tasty recipe !
Thankyou Uma, glad to have you here.
This is something new to me. Looks delicious !
Do give this a try, you will like it Kushi…thanks for the visit.
Very innovative idea to use sweet potato..
Thankyou dear Priya.
It looks So Delicious Jaya..And Sweet Potato is so healthy too..Loved the way you explained the method to make coconut milk. I am surely going to try this
Thankyou dear Swati
I have been preparing this dish many times for my children.Lovely recipe Jaya
Thankyou dear Shobi
I so much love this Jayashree…
Thankyou Soma
A lovely healthy dessert. I’ve made sweet potato halwa, but not a kheer. Love the addition of coconut milk to it.
we eat sweet potato in milk, can imagine simmering it in milk definitely taste great