Sweet Potato Yokan That's Close to Funakawa's!?

Name: Sweet Potato Yokan That's Close to Funakawa's!?
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 big Japanese type sweet potato; 70 grams Sugar; 1/2 tsp Salt; 100 ml Water

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I couldn't forget the taste of yokan from a confectionery called Funawa, which I received from a friend from Tokyo. According to the ingredients list, all that was in it was sweet potato and sugar. I figured out how to make it firm by trial and error, and this is the result.

You can't beat "Naruto Kintoki" variety sweet potoatoes for this! Recipe by Mamakura

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

You can't beat "Naruto Kintoki" variety sweet potoatoes for this! Recipe by Mamakura

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Ingredients

1 serving

1big Japanese type sweet potato
70 gramsSugar
1/2 tspSalt
100 mlWater

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Steps

1

Peel the skin of the sweet potato and take off sprouts carefully with a knife.
2

Grate 1/4 of the sweet potato with a grater.
3

Cut the rest of the sweet potato into large chunks. Place in a saucepan with salted water, bring the water to a boil, then boil for about 10 minutes.
4

Mash the boiled sweet potato as finely as possible, using something like a fork.
5

Add the grated sweet potato from Step 2 and about 100 ml of water to the pan. Continue mixing while heating over low heat.
6

When it becomes transparent after about 5 minutes, add sugar and simmer until it's reduced by about half.
7

Then, add the sweet potato from Step 4 and mix well.
8

Put the dough in a pound cake pan covered with plastic wrap, then cover the top with the wrap. If you press it down with another pound cake pan, the shape will flatten out
9

This makes great use of the sweet potato taste. My friend says that it is even better than the one from Funawa!?