The popular
sweet potato fries are a variation of
French fries using sweet potato instead of
potato. Recipes for fried sweet potatoes in the United States go back to the nineteenth century. Some suggest
parboiling the sweet potatoes before frying, while others call for frying them with sugar. In
New Zealand, they are known as
kūmara fries using the
Māori word for sweet potato. In the
Philippines, they are known as
kamote fries also spelled as
camote fries using the
Filipino word for sweet potato and it is popularized by
Max's Restaurant. Fried sweet potatoes are known as
patates in
Guinean cuisine, where they are more popular than potatoes and more commonly used to make fries.
Goguma-twigim is a fried sweet potato dish in
Korean cuisine. Kananga phodi-tawa is a dish of lightly battered and fried sweet potato in
Indian cuisine. == Nutrition ==