Interestingly, some of the best recipes that feature this versatile produce – which can be boiled, baked or even sautéed – are savoury, as a little bit of heat best brings out its sweet-spicy flavour.
#1 Sweet Potato Tikki
Ingredients
- 3 medium-sized sweet potatoes, boiled, peeled and mashed
- 1 onion, finely-chopped
- 1 green chilli, finely-chopped
- A handful of coriander leaves (hara dhania), chopped
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- 2 tbsp gram flour (besan)
- 1 tsp rice flour
- Salt to taste
- Olive oil for basting
Instructions
- Mix the mashed sweet potato with onions, coriander leaves and green chilli.
- Add salt, chilli powder and flour to prepare the dough.
- Form small tikkis (the size of your palm) of medium thickness with the dough.
- Brush with olive oil and grill on a flat-based pan until golden brown.
- Serve hot with green chutney.
#2 Potatoes – Shakarkandi Kheer
The best part of using sweet potato to make kheer is that you don’t need to use sugar. In this recipe, dates provide additional sweetness.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup sweet potato, peeled and grated
- 3 cup low-fat milk
- 8 dates, soaked in ¼ cup of hot milk for 15 minutes and ground to a paste
- 10 almonds, soaked in warm water, peeled and ground to a paste
- 1/4 tsp cardamom (elaichi) powder
- 5-6 cashews
- 10 raisins
Instructions
- Heat the milk and bring it to a boil. Add grated sweet potato and let it cook while stirring constantly to ensure it doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pan.
- Once the milk has reduced slightly, check if the sweet potato is cooked (it should feel soft).
- Once cooked, add almond paste and cook for a few more minutes.
- Add cardamom powder, dates, cashews and raisins. Mix well and remove from heat.
- Let it cool and then refrigerate.
- Serve chilled.
#3 Sweet Potato Chaat
This one’s a great evening snack recipe.
Ingredients
- 2 cups sweet potato, boiled, peeled and chopped
- 1/4 tsp black pepper (kali mirch) powder
- 1/2 tsp cumin (jeera) powder
- Red chilli powder to taste
- Dry mango (amchur) powder to taste
- Chaat masala powder to taste
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- A handful of coriander leaves (hara dhania), for garnish
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients, except lemon juice, to a large bowl and mix
- Drizzle lemon juice over the ingredients and mix again
- Garnish with coriander leaves and serve
#4 Sweet Potato and Quinoa
Ingredients
- 1 cup sweet potato cooked, peeled and cubed
- 1 cup coconut, shredded
- 1 onion, finely-chopped
- 1 cup quinoa, cooked
- 1 tbsp raisins
- 1/2 cup cashews
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 bay leaf
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Heat oil in a kadhai. Add bay leaves and onion, and fry till the onion is translucent.
- Add pepper, chilli powder, sweet potato and coconut.
- Fry all the ingredients till the aroma of the coconut kicks-in
- Add raisins and cashews
- Fry till the cashews brown.
- Add the cooked quinoa and mix well.
- Cook on a medium flame for 5 minutes
- Serve hot
