Sweet Potato (Shakarkand)

Sweet Potato (Shakarkand)

Sweet potatoes are medium to large in size and are roughly ovate and cylindrical in shape with tapered ends. The flesh is dense and can be white, orange, yellow or orange-red. Sweet potatoes have a sugary flavour and can be firm or soft, with white-fleshed varieties having the firmest, driest flesh and orange-fleshed varieties having a softer, moister texture.