Monday, October 31, 2011

Sweet Potato Roast

Hi All!..Hope everybody had a safe and wonderful Diwali. Thank you everyone for your lovely wishes.Had been to hometown cbe for diwali and had a great time with my family members. Now coming to today's recipe, this is a simple side dish called sweet potato roast. Sweet potato(Sarkaraivalli Kilangu in Tamil) are our favorite and are eaten just by  pressure cooking them.Then i thought why don't i try this like potato fry and ended up making this recipe. This is an absolutely tasty side dish and goes well with hot rice and sambhar/rasam/curd. 

Sweet Potato Roast


Ingredients
  • 1/4 kg Sweet Potato
  • 10 shallots, peeled and minced or 1 red onion minced
  • 1/2 Ginger Garlic paste
  • 1 tbsp Chilly powder ( adjust accordingly )
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 tbsp Vegetable oil
  • Few Curry leaves
Sweet Potato Roast

Method
  • Cook the sweet potatoes in hot water till its half done, Strain the water and allow it to cool.
  • Peel the skin and cut into one inch roundels and keep aside.
  • Heat oil in a frying pan, when hot add minced onion, ginger garlic paste, chilly powder, curry leaves together and saute for one Min's.
  • Next add the salt and sweet potato roundels and mix well gently and cook for another 3 to 5 Min's. Saute gently twice or thrice in between.
  • Serve with hot rice and Sambhar/Rasam/Curd.

19 comments :

Shanthi Krishnakumar said...

Yummy. Feel like grabbing it from the screen

Kaveri Venkatesh said...

Very very yum! Sweet potato is our family favorite too.

Chitra said...

Bright clicks. Absolutely yummy

chef and her kitchen said...

nice delicious curry...looks yumm..never tried this way wid sweet potato

Ramya said...

That looks delicious!! Yummy sweet potato roast!

Hema said...

this will taste yummmm with rasam .. i lov it

Prema said...

wow this is truly tempting,i didn't tried this way,thanks for sharing...

Priya Suresh said...

Omg, wat a delicious roast,seriously makes me drool..

Tina said...

Never tried this one...Looks spicy and delicious..

aipi said...

What a great way to cook n eat sweet potatoes!
USMasala

Aruna Manikandan said...

wow...
looks delicious and very tempting...
nice clicks :)

Lifewithspices said...

hv tried this once n it tasted awesome.. ur version is too good must try..

kranthi said...

looks so yummy. this is new to me.will try

Rashmi said...

Looks yummy and delicious, Great.

Rachana said...

The roast looks so spicy and delicious.

Nalini's Kitchen said...

Sweet potato roast looks yummy,first time here,following you.Please do drop at my space.
Cheers
Nalini

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Nisha said...

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Sushma Mallya said...

Wow it looks so mouthwatering and delicious with those curry leaves on top ..yum!