This is a simple yet refreshing dessert. I know that during the Japanese occupation, a lot of family in the Asia countries depended on sweet potatoes as their main food staple. I knew for a fact that in the past my mother used to cook this and we ate this not as dessert but as a main dish during the hard times. Now it is so commercially sold as a dessert instead. How time have changed not only the people but also the way we eat certain foods. Remarkable 
Ingredients :
450 g sweet potatoes – skinned and cut into cubes
700 ml water
150 g red sugar (gula merah)
2 pcs of screwpine leaves (daun pandan) – washed and make a knot
Note : Some people prefers to add 2-3 slices of ginger, 2 pcs of cardamon (buah pelaga) and 2 pcs of cloves (bunga cengkih) into the soup (optional)
Method :
Pour water into a pot. Put it to boil together with the screwpine leaves. Once boiled, add in the sweet potatoes. After the sweet potatoes have soften then add in the sugar. Stir and let it boil for a few more minutes and ta-daaaa its ready to be serve. This dessert is best eaten warm.
