Potatoes

Description:
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a plant from the Solanaceae tribe which has an edible stem tuber called "potato" as well. Potato tubers have now become one of the most important staple foods in Europe. Potatoes have become a popular source of carbohydrates as a substitute for rice.

Benefits of Potatoes:
Potatoes are a delicious and very nutritious food, containing a number of vitamins from A, B-complex, to C, to folic acid. Also minerals, protein, carbohydrates, carotenoids, and polyphenols. In the potato body, there is also a substance solanine which is known as a sedative, anticonvulsant, antifungal, and pesticide. Vitamin C contained in potatoes per 100 g is 17 mg. Apart from containing carbohydrates and fiber, the minerals in it include iron, phosphorus and potassium.