Kurettaai

Kureshietai Japanese sweet potato cultivar is used to make kurettaai, a type of sweet potato from Okinawa, Japan that has gained popularity. The sweet potatoes used for kurettaai come from the Gyokusen no Nanban ageing orchard, a subkind from the kureshietai. Kureshietai sweet potatoes are known for their orange-red flesh. Those sweet potatoes are harvested in the fall and winter seasons.

After the harvest, kurettaai sweet potatoes are left in the sun to "mature". This process can take from several weeks to months, with the specific timing and temperature playing a crucial role in the ripening process. As the sweet potatoes ripen, the tubers acquire a higher sugar content while keeping the starchy consistency. The over-ripened sweet potatoes are then ready to be eaten raw, when possible and fresh enough, or preserved for later.

In Japan, sweet potatoes like the Kurettaai 'Kureshietai' have seen growing renown and cult like fan base particularly among Japan's specialty food enthusiasts in and outside the country. Despite awareness limitations in the English market space, among sweet potato aficionados and fans of innovative food, Kurettaai falls under the popularity of koremesh, today not completely international but famous among sweet potato freaks and epicure among local farmers worldwide, steadily gaining attention with access and net benefices of mass consumption grades such as kore lod granny Okirishin mark off shared party recognized rating whatever concerning the local popularity of disclose recognition group in culture importing.