Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, kuri kinton (chestnut and sweet potato kinton). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. 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. Let's make this gold color food for a prosperous year ahead! For the final post on the Osechi Ryori (Japanese New Year Meal) series, I am sharing another popular dish called Kuri Kinton (Candied Chestnuts.
Kuri Kinton (Chestnut and Sweet Potato Kinton) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Kuri Kinton (Chestnut and Sweet Potato Kinton) is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook kuri kinton (chestnut and sweet potato kinton) using 3 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Kuri Kinton (Chestnut and Sweet Potato Kinton):
- Get 1 middle sized sweet potato (about 250g without skin)
- Make ready 1 pack candied chestnuts (kuri no kanro-ni, mine was 160g)
- Take 1-1.5 Tbsp syrup of the candied chestnuts
Traditionally, to get this hue, the potatoes are dyed with kuchinashi no mi (梔子の実), crushed cape jasmine or gardenia flower seeds. Remove the mixture from the pot and let cool in a container. Turn the heat off, add pureed sweet potato and mix them well together. Keep stirring to avoid mixture from sticking to the bottom.
Instructions 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!
Turn off the heat, add the chestnuts and cover them with the pureed sweet potato mixture. Kuri kinton is a heavenly dish made from candied chestnuts and mashed Japanese sweet potatoes mixed with the syrup from the candied chestnuts. It's my favorite part of the Japanese New Year food lineup. Kuri kinton is a beautiful golden color, the symbol of wealth. I thought that if I used Annoh imo potatoes, which are known for being sweet, I wouldn't need to add sugar.
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