Breakfast
Ampemba
A smooth porridge made with sweet potato, milk and sugar, flavoured with vanilla. It's a comforting breakfast or afternoon snack, much loved by children.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
Nutrition facts
234 kcal per serving
- Protein
- 7 g
- Carbohydrates
- 38 g
- Fat
- 5.3 g
- of which saturated fat
- 3.4 g
- Fiber
- 3.7 g
Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.
Instructions
- Peel the sweet potato and cut it into small, even cubes.
- Cook it in boiling water for 15 minutes, until it mashes easily with a fork.
- Drain it and mash it finely into a smooth purée.
- Split the vanilla pod lengthwise and scrape out the seeds.
- In a saucepan, heat the milk with the seeds and the vanilla pod, then remove the pod.
- Add the sweet potato purée, sugar and salt, then stir over low heat for 10 minutes until you have a smooth porridge.
- Serve warm, with a pinch of cinnamon on top if you like.
Variations and tips
Coconut milk version. Replace half the milk with coconut milk for a more exotic flavour.
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Original Ecomely recipe.