HELP understanding a recipe, please.

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3. Well, what I'd really do

is cube the raw yams and salt them per directions to remove some of the water, rinse and dry them, then toss them with a little oil and bake them. That would cook them and crisp them in one step.

They don't have home ovens in India, so the whole thing had to be done on a stovetop, hence juggling all the different pots and pans.