Is there anything quite as satisfying as mashed potatoes with dinner?   I just love all forms of potatoes – baked, fried, mashed, even boiled! This article gives you a delicious recipe plus video demo for making fermented potatoes to add to your potato making repertoire. Hands down, this is the favorite fermented foods recipe on this blog that folks email me to rave about!

Why would you want to ferment potatoes in the first place? Because, unfortunately, the starch in potatoes is really not all that easy to digest for many folks. Especially these days with so many people suffering from digestive complaints of all kinds, starch can be a real pain  – literally! Potatoes are also nightshade vegetables, and fermenting them can help ease the issue of eating them for people who are sensitive.

The problem is with the starch molecule itself. Each starch molecule is comprised of hundreds of monosugars connected in long, branch-like strands.

It takes much digestive work to break down the starch molecule and, as a result, much of it goes undigested in most cases. For those with an imbalanced gut, the undigested starch is the perfect food for pathogens and they grow and produce toxins which cause a variety of unpleasant symptoms in susceptible individuals.

Easy to Digest Fermented Potatoes

If you enjoy potatoes but find that they trigger digestive or autoimmune symptoms, it might be worth it for you to try your hand at fermented potatoes.

In addition, if you are coming off the GAPS

, AIP or SCD diets and reintroducing resistant starch to your diet after a period of gut healing, fermented potatoes would be a great first step. While resistant starch is reduced during cooking, the bonds reform when the potatoes are cooled and these “new resistant starches” remain even if the dish is reheated before eating! (1)

We like fermented potatoes in our home to simply add that probiotic element to a meal of primarily cooked foods. Adding enzyme rich, live food to your meals is nothing short of miraculous for boosting immunity and improving nutrient absorption.

If you’ve been wanting to make a fermented dish at home for the first time, this would be an easy and delicious one to start with!

Fermented Potatoes Video Demo

The video demonstration below shows how to make fermented potatoes using the Nourishing Traditions

 method. If you are not eating white potatoes, feel free to substitute sweet potatoes instead.

 

Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist