Japan

Daigaku Imo

Name: Daigaku Imo
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 500 g Sweet potato; 80 g Sugar; 1 tsp Soy sauce; 1 tbsp Black sesame; plenty Oil for frying; some Water

Candied sweet potato with sesame

Daigaku imo, literally university potato, is a Japanese snack of fried sweet potato in a glossy sugar glaze.

The name comes from the Taisho era, when students in Tokyo especially loved the cheap, sweet treat.

Servings4

Time30 min

LevelEasy

Ingredients

Sweet potato500 g
Sugar80 g
Soy sauce1 tsp
Black sesame1 tbsp
Oil for fryingplenty
Watersome

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Cut the sweet potato into bite-size wedges.
Fry golden and cooked through in oil.
Cook sugar with water and soy sauce into a syrup.
Toss the sweet potato in the syrup until glossy.
Scatter with black sesame and let cool.

Make it original

Black sesame for daigaku imo is in the Asia Boutique.

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