Hi!
It is Kinako.
Today I’m going to write how to cook “Daigaku imo”.
Daigaku imo is the food you can find in “Osozai (side dish)” section in supermarkets. I don’t know if I call it “dessert”.
But I always get it as “dessert”.
Anyway, I will share the recipe this time.
I think you will judge if it’s a side dish or dessert!
How does Daigakuimo look like?
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This is the picture of Daigaku imo.
Daigaku imo is a sweet potato.
Sweet potato is already sweet, but it has sugar sauce, and it’s definitely a dessert for me.
By the way, the name is this food is a little interesting.
Because “daigaku” means “college, the university” in the Japanese language.
I heard the reason for the name is that university students ate this food a lot at student quarters in Taisho and Showa period.
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Simple name!
Recipe for Japanese Daigakuimo
Ingredients for Daigakuimo (for 3~4 people)
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Sweet potato 2
Water 2 Tablespoons
Sugar 6 Tablespoons
Honey 1 Tablespoon
Soy sauce Less than 1 Tablespoon
Black sesame, a little
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Please use the purple sweet potato (Satsumaimo).
Recipe for Daigakuimo
Cut the sweet potatoes.
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Soak the potatoes in water for 5 minutes.
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Wipe the moisture with kitchen paper.
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Put some oil into a frying pan and when the oil temperature is getting hot, put the sweet potatoes.
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Fry them until they are soft.
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Put them on top of kitchen paper.
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Put the seasoning into a different frying pan.
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Heat this liquid until it feels a bit heavy.
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Put the sweet potatoes in it and mix them very well.
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Serve them on a plate.
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Put some black sesame and it’s done!
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To tell you the truth, this Daigakuimo was made by my husband!
This looks so good, right?
His Daigakuimo was really, really perfect.
![Kinako](https://vidaennippon.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Kinako-FINAL-DESIGN-SQUARE-02-150x150.png)
He should open his own restaurant in the future!