White Yam 1.5kg - Product of Ghana

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Dioscorea root is traditionally eaten on Māgh Sankrānti (a midwinter festival) in Nepal. It is usually steamed and then cooked with spices. [ citation needed] Fiji Islands [ edit ] In forested areas, tubers grow in areas where other tree roots are present. Harvesting the tuber then involves the additional step of freeing them from other roots. This often causes tuber damage. Baked sweet white potatoes: Baked potatoes are delicious and simple. So, wrap your white sweet potatoes in aluminum foil and place them in the oven. Once done, sprinkle salt and pepper and enjoy a delicious and simple dish! Sweet potatoes are also rich in antioxidants, particularly carotenoids, which are thought to help protect against heart disease and decrease the risk of cancer ( 9, 10). Yams are cultivated for the consumption of their starchy tubers in many temperate and tropical regions, especially in West Africa, South America and the Caribbean, Asia, and Oceania. [1] A yam crop begins when whole seed tubers or tuber portions are planted into mounds or ridges, at the beginning of the rainy season. The crop yield depends on how and where the sets are planted, sizes of mounds, interplant spacing, provision of stakes for the resultant plants, yam species, and tuber sizes desired at harvest. Small-scale farmers in West and Central Africa often intercrop yams with cereals and vegetables. The seed yams are perishable and bulky to transport. Farmers who do not buy new seed yams usually set aside up to 30% of their harvest for planting the next year. Yam crops face pressure from a range of insect pests and fungal and viral diseases, as well as nematode. Their growth and dormant phases correspond respectively to the wet season and the dry season. For maximum yield, the yams require a humid tropical environment, with an annual rainfall over 1,500mm (59in) distributed uniformly throughout the growing season. White, yellow, and water yams typically produce a single large tuber per year, generally weighing 5 to 10kg (11 to 22lb). [14]

Certain cultivars of yams store better than others. The easier to store yams are those adapted to arid climate, where they tend to stay in a dormant low-respiration stage much longer than yam breeds adapted to humid tropical lands, where they do not need dormancy. Yellow yam and cush-cush yam, by nature, have much shorter dormancy periods than water yam, white yam, or lesser yam. Yams are a staple agricultural commodity in West Africa with cultural significance, [43] where over 95% of the world's yam crop is harvested. Yams are still important for survival in these regions. Some varieties of these tubers can be stored up to six months without refrigeration, which makes them a valuable resource for the yearly period of food scarcity at the beginning of the wet season. Yam cultivars are also cultivated in other humid tropical countries. [1] Yams were independently domesticated on three different continents: Africa ( D. rotundata), Asia ( D. alata), and the Americas ( D. trifida). [2] Etymology [ edit ]These two yams are starchy vegetables with white flesh and light yellow skin. People use them as a substitute for mashed or roasted potatoes. In addition, you can also use them in stews and dumplings. Nutritional Value of Yams Where the regular sweet potato that we all know and love so dearly has dark brown skin and an orange interior, the sweet white potatoes are nothing like these. Although their shape resembles sweet potato on point, they have lighter skin, more like a russet potato. In 2020, world production of yams was 75million metric tons (74,000,000 long tons; 83,000,000 short tons), led by Nigeria with 67% of the total (table). Unlike cassava, most varieties of edible, mature, cultivated yam do not contain toxic compounds. However, there are exceptions. Bitter compounds tend to accumulate in immature tuber tissues of white and yellow yams. These may be polyphenols or tannin-like compounds. [ citation needed] Djerassi, C. (December 1992). "Steroid research at Syntex: "the pill" and cortisone". Steroids. 57 (12): 631–641. doi: 10.1016/0039-128X(92)90016-3. PMID 1481227. S2CID 5933910.

Yam fritters: The starchy tubers can be made into fritters. Can also be mashed, formed into cakes and fried. The white sweet potatoes are less sweet than the orange variant, making them well-suited for dishes that require a bit less flavor from their simple ingredients.Firstly, you have to wash the white sweet potatoes to get rid of the dirt on them. Pat them dry and place them whole on a baking tray. Fill the tray up with water. Thanks to the fact that you can use white sweet potatoes in both sweet and savory dishes, there are so many ways you can cook them! a b Naleba, Mere (25 April 2015). "Million dollar aim". The Fiji Times Online . Retrieved 1 June 2017. Once the potato wedges are cool, add two tablespoons of garlic and rosemary oil, rosemary spring, and a pinch of pink Himalayan salt and mix well. You can also experiment with other spices when making this dish, and some of us have found that we like it a lot with some wasabi. Try it out and see how you feel about it.