Sweet potato fry | How to make sweet potato roast
Sweet potato fry is a spicy roasted sweet potato recipe made with basic spices.
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
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.
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
Calories: 150kcal
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