Sweet Potato (camote) is naturally sweet and therefore ideal for pudding recipes.

Filipinos use sweet potato in a lot of dessert recipes.  It is stewed in sugar, deep-fried in caramel sauce, made into pies and a lot more.

Needless to say, sweet potato is a great favourite of the Filipinos and I am happy to note that this staple food source has been chosen to honour and celebrate a great national hero, Andres Bonifacio.

The recipe below is just one way of cooking this very nutritious versatile root crop.

Recipe: Minatamis na Kamote para kay Andres Bonifacio

 

INGREDIENTS: 
2 sweet potatoes or kamote, cut into big cubes
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 cup water
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp banana essence
2 pandan leaves
100 grams small sago, cooked
1 tbsp butter
toasted sesame seeds for topping

PROCEDURE:
In a pan, combine the kamote and the sugar then fry in medium heat. When the kamote is already soft, turn off heat and set aside.
In a stock pan, boil water and brown sugar, pandan leaves until it turns into medium thick syrup. Add butter, vanilla extract, banana essence and sago.
Mix the kamote in the syrup and top with toasted sesame seeds and serve.