Three ways with kumara( Maori word) / Sweet Potato

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missy2014

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As per Mar09 request here is some Kumara recipes - (Maori are the first people/ Native people of New Zealand)
I haven't found a Kumara cake without icing/frosting Id like to find one on the net let me know if you found if anyone could help me out.

Heres the first one and the others are in the link

Three ways with ... kumara | Stuff.co.nz


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2. KUMARA CHIPS WITH LEMON-GARLIC SAUCE

Serves 4-6

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 35 minutes

If you were a student in Wellington in the 90s, you'll probably remember Little Gringos' kumara chips - or at least recall the addictive lemon and garlic sauce you could order to go with them. Here's my slightly healthier homemade homage to the best chips Cuba St has ever seen. Choose long, golden or orange kumara for easy cutting.

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons olive oil
4 long golden or orange kumara

good pinch of salt

For the sauce:

3 cloves garlic

3/4 teaspoon flaky sea salt

1/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley

finely grated zest and juice of two lemons

1/2 cup sour cream (I use Zany Zeus – NOT low fat)

Method:

Preheat the oven to 200C and line 2 oven trays with baking paper. Brush both trays with a little of the oil.

Wash and dry the kumara and cut into 1cm-thick chips. Arrange across the 2 prepared trays, then drizzle over the remaining olive oil and sprinkle over the salt.

Bake for 35 minutes, shaking each tray occasionally.

While the chips are cooking, crush the garlic to a smooth paste with the salt (use the flat edge of a heavy knife on a wooden chopping board or a mortar and pestle).

Scrape this paste into a small bowl, then stir in the parsley, the lemon zest and juice. Mix well, then add the sour cream and beat until smooth. Set aside.

To serve, pile the chips onto a warmed serving plate and pass the sauce separately
 
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missy2014

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What got me interested in Kumara cake was I once heard about it without the icing but I never got the recipe and it actually sounds nice otherwise its just like another version of carrot cake in my opinion
 
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missy2014

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kumara chips are enjoyed here and popular I think ive tried them a few times. Also with the kumara cake it sounded interested to me first because it was a potatoe and secondly it sounded good that the sweetness of the kumara would be good for a cake and taste nice
 

mar09

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kumara chips are enjoyed here and popular I think ive tried them a few times. Also with the kumara cake it sounded interested to me first because it was a potatoe and secondly it sounded good that the sweetness of the kumara would be good for a cake and taste nice
Is that so? In commercially sold packages or u mean cooked at home? Funny (or weird) here, sweet potatoes, for one, are fried sweet in oil and made into camote que (something like banana q's and hotdogs in sticks) and sometimes even looked down upon when it is in fact very nice and healthy when used in other recipes. Another recenly becoming popular sold in small packs is cassava chips, a bit harder and more brittle than the common banana or potato chips if u do not have very strong teeth..

s. potato/camote que
 

peacenik

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I just had some sweet potato chips but they are packaged, not home made. They were quite good but I will have to make some fresh ones some day soon.
 
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missy2014

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cool I dont know if we get packaged sweet potato chips here
 
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missy2014

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Is that so? In commercially sold packages or u mean cooked at home? Funny (or weird) here, sweet potatoes, for one, are fried sweet in oil and made into camote que (something like banana q's and hotdogs in sticks) and sometimes even looked down upon when it is in fact very nice and healthy when used in other recipes. Another recenly becoming popular sold in small packs is cassava chips, a bit harder and more brittle than the common banana or potato chips if u do not have very strong teeth..

s. potato/camote que
I think ive tried cassva chips but maybe not very vague on that memory. The S. potato / camote que reminds me of this chinese sweet dried fish my friend who is not chinese tried was not too keen but the s. potato sticks looks nice anyhow it just remonded me of that.we get it cooked at home or at a restaurant
 
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missy2014

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Is that so? In commercially sold packages or u mean cooked at home? Funny (or weird) here, sweet potatoes, for one, are fried sweet in oil and made into camote que (something like banana q's and hotdogs in sticks) and sometimes even looked down upon when it is in fact very nice and healthy when used in other recipes. Another recenly becoming popular sold in small packs is cassava chips, a bit harder and more brittle than the common banana or potato chips if u do not have very strong teeth..

s. potato/camote que
I love your cebu dried mangoes we get them here drooool...
 

mar09

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I love your cebu dried mangoes we get them here drooool...
Yes, we liked them too. I first tried that when a classmate from the visayas islands (where cebu is), brought some. Until now i do not know if ppl in luzon make it, but i still see only those from cebu in the supermarkets, although there are lots of sweet fresh varieties from parts of luzon. We get mostly the fresh however, because the dried mangoes are far more expensive... if you want to get ur mangoes more often.