Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, kuri kinton (chestnut and sweet potato kinton). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Kuri Kinton or Candied Chestnuts and Sweet Potatoes are a special Japanese New Year dish, which symbolizes economic fortune and wealth. If you have never had this dish, you might be surprised how sweet it is considering that it is not a dessert dish. You can adjust sweetness to your liking before.
Kuri Kinton (Chestnut and Sweet Potato Kinton) is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Kuri Kinton (Chestnut and Sweet Potato Kinton) is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook kuri kinton (chestnut and sweet potato kinton) using 3 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Kuri Kinton (Chestnut and Sweet Potato Kinton):
- Prepare middle sized sweet potato (about 250g without skin)
- Get candied chestnuts (kuri no kanro-ni, mine was 160g)
- Take syrup of the candied chestnuts
Literally translated, it means chestnut gold mash, its bright, golden yellow color symbolizing economic prosperity and wealth, which is the reason why kuri kinton is traditionally. Have you ever heard Kuri Kinton? We usually eat it on New Year's Day- If you know something sweet potato paste in Osechi, that is! This video will show you how to make Kuri Kinton, sweet chestnuts mixed in mashed sweet potatoes.
Steps to make Kuri Kinton (Chestnut and Sweet Potato Kinton):
- Boil the washed and sliced sweet potato in a pot until it gets soft (as a skewer or fork goes smoothly into the potato) . You can peel before boiling (though, I didn't this time).
- Mash the potato.
- Cut the chestnuts if you like.
- Mix the chestnuts with the potato. Add the syrup and mix well.
- Enjoy!
It is a part of Osechi Ryori, the traditional Japanese new. Kuri Kinton is sweet chestnuts mixed in mashed sweet potatoes. It is a part of Osechi Ryori, the traditional Japanese new year feast. There are a lot of kinds of dishes for Osechi Ryori, and Kuri Kinton is one of the most popular dishes for kids as it is sweet like a dessert. Kuri Kinton is a traditional Japanese New Year's food (osechi) made from sweet potato and chestnuts.
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