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Makes one large batch of fries!

Total making time average: 30 minutes

Ingredients:
2 large sweet potatoes cut into fries
coconut oil for cooking
one bunch of fresh basil
one cup of dried shredded coconut 
OR shred your own coconut from a fresh one!

SUGGESTIONS:
+ ADD 1 tablespoon of himalayan salt at
the end for sweet and salty!
+ ADD 2 tablespoons of curry powder at the end for curried fries!

Action: 
1. Heat 1/4 cup coconut oil in a fry pan. 
2. Add fries, each one should be covered well in oil
3. Let the fries cook and when they are golden brown gradually add coconut and basil ! 

This recipe created by Liana Werner-Gray.

This recipe is part of © 2013 THE EARTH DIET ™  All Rights Reserved 
 


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lyneese dunshea
04/18/2013 11:56pm

Omg yum cant wait to cook them

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Chrystal
04/26/2013 5:16pm

It looks so good... but how about nutritional values?? That would be nice to have too. :)

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Roger M
04/29/2013 10:34am

Definitely look like yams to me! I suppose sweet potato would work also.

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Ruth
05/25/2013 5:18am

They are sweet potatoes not yams, I believe yams are something completely different and white in colour

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Jenelle
06/05/2013 4:50pm

Ruth, it's the opposite. Roger's correct, the orange ones are yams and sweet potatoes are white. I've made this recipe and they are delicious!

Sherry
06/19/2013 7:47am

Yams
Yams are closely related to lilies and grasses. Native to Africa and Asia, yams vary in size from that of a small potato to a record 130 pounds (as of 1999). There are over 600 varieties of yams and 95% of these crops are grown in Africa. Compared to sweet potatoes, yams are starchier and drier.

Sweet Potatoes
The many varieties of sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) are members of the morning glory family, Convolvulacea. The skin color can range from white to yellow, red, purple or brown. The flesh also ranges in color from white to yellow, orange, or orange-red. Sweet potato varieties are classified as either ‘firm’ or ‘soft’. When cooked, those in the ‘firm’ category remain firm, while ‘soft’ varieties become soft and moist. It is the ‘soft’ varieties that are often labeled as yams in the United States.

Why the confusion?
In the United States, firm varieties of sweet potatoes were produced before soft varieties. When soft varieties were first grown commercially, there was a need to differentiate between the two. African slaves had already been calling the ‘soft’ sweet potatoes ‘yams’ because they resembled the yams in Africa. Thus, ‘soft’ sweet potatoes were referred to as ‘yams’ to distinguish them from the ‘firm’ varieties.

Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture requires labels with the term ‘yam’ to be accompanied by the term ‘sweet potato.’ Unless you specifically search for yams, which are usually found in an international market, you are probably eating sweet potatoes!

06/19/2013 8:27am

It would be nice if you had a Pinterest link posted as well for each of your recipes, so viewers can Pin them.

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