The Café Spice Cookbook: 84 Quick and Easy Indian Recipes for Everyday Meals by Jack Turkel Hari Nayak

Author:Jack Turkel Hari Nayak [Hari Nayak, Jack Turkel]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, pdf
ISBN: 9780804844307
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 2015-04-06T16:00:00+00:00

Pan-Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Coconut Shakkar Kandi aur Nariyal ki Subzi

I discovered this recipe while I was planning a menu for friends who were visiting me for Thanksgiving. I wanted to make something different with the sweet potatoes and so I dished out this variation, which was very well appreciated by my guests. The spices and the coconut give the mashed sweet potatoes a special Indian twist. Use this during the holidays to fish for compliments. If you are making this for an Indian meal, serve it with dal and chapati.

Serves 4

Prep time: 15 minutes

Cook time: 30 minutes

2 tablespoons oil

½ teaspoon cumin seeds

1 teaspoon fennel seeds

2 dried red chili peppers, broken in half

6 fresh or dried curry leaves

1 onion (about 5 oz/150 g), chopped

1 lb (500 g) sweet potatoes, cut into 2-in (5-cm) sticks

1 teaspoon ground coriander

1 teaspoon light brown sugar

Salt, to taste

1 cup (100 g) shredded unsweetened coconut (frozen, reconstituted dried, or freshly grated) (see page 14)

¼ cup (65 ml) water

4 tablespoons minced fresh coriander leaves (cilantro), for garnish

Heat the oil in a large, heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add the cumin, fennel, red chili peppers, and curry leaves and fry briefly until fragrant. Add the onion and cook, stirring frequently, until golden brown, about 5 minutes.

Add the sweet potatoes. Lower the heat to medium and cook, stirring constantly to prevent sticking, for 5 minutes. Add the ground coriander, brown sugar, and salt. Cook until the sweet potato is softened, about 15 minutes.

Add the coconut and stir to break up lumps and blend it into the sweet potato mixture. Add the water, if needed, and cook an additional 2–3 minutes, stirring to prevent sticking. Taste for seasoning and add more salt if necessary. Garnish with the chopped fresh coriander leaves.

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