Kumara a sweet potato by any other name

Hello

During winter I love soup and one of my favourites is a kumara chowder with crusty bread rolls. Try this recipe and if you want some heat add some chili or some green thai curry paste when adding the onions and corn to the soup recipe below.

Ingredients:

700gm kumara
3 onions sliced
30gms butter
850 mls milk
450 gm tin cream style sweet corn
salt and pepper
cream
chopped parsley for garnish

Peel and dice the kumara. Cook in salted water until tender. While the kumara are cooking fry the onions in the butter until tender.

Drain the water from the kumara, add the milk and mash well. Add the onion and sweet corn and bring slowly to the boil.  Consistency should be thick. Season to taste and just before serving garnish with cream and parsley.

Another way I like kumara is as a side dish. But I like some sweetness to it as I find it kinda bland. So heres a good dish with a nice piece of meat.

Ingredients

250 gms dried apricots
3 large kumara
salt
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 cup breadcrumbs

Pre heat oven to 150 degrees

Soak apricots in boiling water for 30 mins till plump. Cut kumara into rounds and boil for 20 mins. Drain reserving a small amount of water.

In an oven proof dish place alternate layers of kumara and apricots. When dish is half full add salt, sugar, butter and a small amount of the reserved water. Then sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Cook for an hour until the flavours are nice and mixed. Serve hot with a dollop of sour cream.

Enjoy xx