Spicy Sweet Potatoes

March 16th, 2009 filed under Appetizers, Vegan
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This delicious dish makes a great appetizer or can be served as snack with tea. Sweet potatoes spiced up with lemon and ginger juice makes a mouth-watering dish.

Recipe serves 4.

Spicy Sweet Potatoes and YamsIngredients:

  • 2 medium boiled sweet potatoes
  • 2 medium boiled red sweet potatoes
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon ginger juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt (adjust to taste)
  • 1/2 teaspoon black salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper (adjust to taste)
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon roasted ground cumin seed

For Garnishing:

  • 1 minced green chili (adjust to taste)
  • 2 tablespoon minced cilantro

Method:

  1. Boil the sweet potatoes, don’t over cook.
  2. Peel the skin and slice them 1/8 inch thick, it’s easy to slice after potatoes are cooled off.
  3. Mix all the spices with ginger juice and lemon juice.
  4. Spread the sweet potato slices over a plate.
  5. Spread few drops of spice mix over every piece.
  6. Stack the sweet potatoes slices over red sweet potatoe slices provides nice color white over dark pink.
  7. Garnish them with minced green chili and chopped cilantro.
  8. Serve them at room temperature.

Tips:

  1. They can be prepared day before, garnish them just before serving.
  2. If you prefer mild take out the seeds from green chili before mincing.
  3. It is ok to use just white or red sweet potatoes.

13 Responses to “Spicy Sweet Potatoes”

  1. anjugupta says:

    dear manjula ji
    hum bhi veg delhi ke hai. hum apki recipes try karte rahte hai
    aap ki veg i like it mai apni beti ko bhi bata deti ho dohi ke aaloo aache lege. 8.7.10.ko chole palak note ki hai ab try karongi.
    anju gupta

  2. rani dhalla says:

    Namaste manjula ji I have tried making the same recipes you have ,but my luck it doesn’t really look your the same recipe you made so my husband and Usually have a laugh not only that he is better cooker but also I tried too have

    Love Rani Dhalla

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