sweet potato green tea steamed cake confection

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ingredients:

• 120 g sweet potato
• 1/2 tablespoon matcha powder
• 80 g all-purpose flour, plain flour or cake flour
• 60 g sugar
• 450 ml water

step 1:

Wash the sweet potato and cut into 1 cm. cubes. Pour 200 ml of the water into a pan and add the sweet potato cubes. Cover and boil for 7 minutes on medium heat until they become soft. Remove from the heat. Drain the water from the pan.

step 2:

Mix the flour, matcha powder and the sugar in a bowl. Add the remaining 250 ml of water little by little and mix.

step 3:

Pour into a microwave-proof container measuring about 10 × 15 × 5 cm. Add the sweet potato cubes. Cover with a paper towel and warm it in the microwave for 9 minutes.

step 4:

Remove from the microwave and let it cool off a little. Place in the refrigerator and chill for 2 hours.