Steamed sweet potato, with banana and honey

Recently we posted a recipe with Satsuma-imo (Japanese sweet potato's) prepared in the rice cooker: Satsuma-imo gohan (or sweet potato rice). However, we found that Japanese sweet potato's can be prepared deliciously in many different ways. Because our local supermarket has recently had the Satsuma-imo on sale a couple of times we decided to try some other ways of preparing our favourite Japanese potato.

Today we want to share how to make steamed satsuma-imo, very easy but tastes very good and it is actually a very healthy way to prepare the sweet potato's (or food in general). This time we decided to mix the sweet potato with banana and honey, to complement the sweetness and give it a more fruity taste to make the satsuma-imo nice into a recipe for the summer!



Ingredients (2p):

• 2 small satsuma-imo (or 1 big one)
• 2 banana's
• honey as a topping
• rice for 2 persons

 We like to serve our steamed meal with rice, but if you prefer otherwise you can of course substitute the rice with anything you like. Otherwise, just cook the rise as usually.

Satsuma-imo, Japanese sweet potato

Cut the sweet potato into big pieces, you can make them around 3cm square. Steam the pieces for about 15 minutes.
We don't have any special steamer, so we just use simple basic kitchen tools: pan with lid and a colander with a diameter a little bigger than the pan (so you can hang the colander in the pan, without it touching the bottom). Put a little bit of water in the pan (around 1 cm), so that when you hang the colander in the pan it won't touch the water and bring to boil. Put the potato's in the colander and hang it in the pan, then place the lid on the pan. Then, all you have to do is wait 15 minutes (maybe check that the water isn't evaporated)

Cut the banana's in pieces and place together with the steamed potato on a plate. Add honey to taste, and mix all together. Serve with rice, and enjoy you sweet, fruity satsuma-imo dish!

Satsuma-imo, banana and honey