Sweet potato fry is a spicy roasted sweet potato recipe made with basic spices. Learn with pictures and a video.
This is one of the favorite potato dishes I make very often in my kitchen. The sweet potato fry is made without a bit of water. The roasted effect is achieved only with sauteing oil and cooking steam.
Sweet potato is a favorite pick because of its high Vitamin A and Beta-carotene content. Apart from that, there are few other important nutrients and health benefits available in sweet potatoes.
- Sweet potatoes are excellent sources of fiber, Vitamins, and minerals like Carbs, Protein, Fat, Vitamins A, C & B6, Manganese, Potassium and Copper.
- In addition, these potatoes promote good gut health.
- Due to the various anti-oxidants properties, sweet potatoes may protect against certain cancers.
- Moreover, the high beta carotene and Vitamin A help in good eye health.
- Sweet potatoes also help improve brain health and enhance the immune system.
Source: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/
Usually, I make a variety of sweet potato items like the pancake, cakes, Sweet potato mash, and this Sweet potato roast. In this post let’s see our family’s favorite Sweet potato roast and other recipes I will try to post in the future. This roast uses only simple basic spice ingredients and it is a no onion recipe.
Sweet potato roast
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Sweet potato fry | How to make sweet potato roast
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 400 g Sweet potatoes
- 3 tbsp oil
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- ¼ tsp cumin seeds
- Few curry leaves
- ¼ tsp hing
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- ½ tsp Red chilli powder
- ½ tsp sambar powder
- ¾ tsp salt as per taste
Instructions
Preparation:
- Wash the sweet potatoes and peel away the skin of the potatoes.
- Chop the sweet potato into small pieces.
Recipe:
- Heat oil in a pan, temper with mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
- Let the mustard crackle and add a few fresh curry leaves.
- Also, add a pinch of asafoetida.
- Add chopped sweet potatoes and saute well in the oil.
- Put turmeric powder and mix well.
- Reduce the stove to simmer and cover with a lid.
- Cook in low heat for up to eight minutes.
- When the sweet potatoes are cooked 3/4th and roasted well, open the lid and add salt.
- Also, add chilli powder and sambar powder as per taste.
- Combine the roasted sweet potato well with the spices.
- Cover again, maintain the same low heat and roast further for 5 more minutes to cook the spices.
- Switch off and serve.
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Notes
1) Choose small size sweet potatoes so that you can chop them easily.
2) Always check whether the potatoes are cooked before adding salt. The addition of salt at the earlier stage makes cooking slower.
Nutrition
Preparation:
- Wash the sweet potatoes and peel the skin of the potatoes.
- Chop the sweet potato into small pieces.
Sweet potato fry | How to make sweet potato roast
- Heat oil in a pan, temper with mustard seeds and cumin seeds. Let the mustard crackle and add a few fresh curry leaves. Also, add a pinch of asafoetida.
- Add chopped sweet potatoes and saute well in the oil.
- Put turmeric powder and mix well. Reduce the stove to simmer and cover with a lid.
- Cook in low heat for up to eight minutes.
- When the sweet potatoes are cooked 3/4th and roasted well, open the lid and add salt. Also, add chilli powder and sambar powder as per taste.
- Combine the roasted sweet potato well with the spices.
- Cover again, maintain the same low heat and roast further for 5 more minutes to cook the spices.
- Switch off and serve.
Tips:
1) Choose small size sweet potatoes so that you can chop them easily.
2) Always check whether the potatoes are cooked before adding salt. The addition of salt at the earlier stage makes cooking slower.
3) If you feel the chopped pieces are bigger in size, you can sprinkle a tbsp of water to cook them softly before adding salt & spices.
4) Instead of sambar powder, you can also sprinkle some chutney powder for a different taste.
