(Last Updated on March 4, 2025 by Amiee)
In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, yam belongs to the category of “medicine and food come from the same source” and can be used as both medicine and food. “Compendium of Materia Medica” records: “Yam can replenish deficiency and weakness, remove evil qi, tonify the body and strengthen the body, grow muscles, and long-term use can make the ears and eyes brighter, prevent hunger, and prolong life.” It can be seen that yam is a mild and comprehensive tonic food.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, yam is mild in nature and sweet in taste. It returns to the spleen, lung, and kidney meridians. It has the functions of nourishing the spleen and stomach, promoting body fluids and lungs, tonifying the kidneys and strengthening essence, etc., and is suitable for recuperating various physical constitutions.
The spleen and stomach are the source of qi and blood and are particularly important among the five internal organs. Yams are a particularly good food for replenishing the spleen and stomach and can be eaten every day.
The earliest records of yam can be traced back to the “Shen Nong’s Materia Medica” written in the Eastern Han Dynasty. In the “Shen Nong’s Materia Medica”, yam is listed as a top-grade drug, which means that it is mild in nature, non-toxic, and is beneficial and harmless when taken for a long time.
Today’s healthy recipe is yam puree with strawberry jam.
How to cook?
1. Prepare a pound of yam and peel it. Be sure to wear gloves when peeling. If you don’t wear gloves, your hands will itch when you touch the yam.
2. Put the peeled yam into the steamer and steam for 15 minutes.
3. Use a spoon to mash the steamed yam.
4. Place in a small bowl, compact, and invert onto a plate to form a nice shape.
5. Then top with strawberry jam or your favorite jam.
6. Delicious and healthy yam puree with strawberry jam are ready.
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Wear gloves to peel yam.
- Steam for 15 minutes in a steamer.
- Mash the jam with a spoon.
- Place in a small bowl, compact, and invert onto a plate to form a nice shape
- Top with strawberry jam.
