Just the way ouma used to make – sweet potato with a wonderful caramel flavour. A guaranteed favourite with everyone!

Ingredients:

3 large sweet potatoes (red)

• Heat the butter/margarine and sugar in a saucepan, stirring on high heat until caramelised – about 10-15 minutes (it grows a dark caramel colour). Reduce heat.
• Peel the sweet potatoes, and slice thickly (about 1 cm).
• Slowly add milk, water, salt, bicarbonate of soda and lemon juice to the caramel-mixture, stirring/whisking forcefully.
• Carefully arrange slices of sweet potato in the sauce and add the cassia sticks. Cover saucepan and simmer on low heat until soft, yet saucy – about an hour.
• Serve with curries or snoek.

1. For sweeter patats, increase the sugar.