Roasted sweet potato is a versatile and tasty dry curry with just a couple of ingredients. It can be served on the side with any dish – rice, roti, salad or sandwiches. The dish adds rich flavor and color to the plate with a healthy dose of vitamins and minerals. Sweet potatoes can get overcooked very easily but this is a fail proof recipe. Let’s get to roasting…

WHAT YOU WILL NEED for ROASTED SWEET POTATO

Ingredients

Note: 1 cup = 235 ml

• 4 cups sweet potatoes, evenly diced 
• 1 ½ tsp. paprika chilli powder
• ½ tsp. cumin powder
• 2 Tbsp. avocado oil / cooking oil
• Salt to taste (1 tsp. salt)

Kitchen Tools

1. Large baking tray / Large flat bottom pan / kadhai
2. Flat ladle

PREPARATION – ROASTED SWEET POTATO (with step-by-step photos)

Step 1  – Preheat oven to 425°F

Step 2  – In a medium sized bowl, mix together 4 cups diced sweet potatoes, 1 ½ tsp paprika chilli powder, ½ tsp. cumin powder, 2 Tbsp. avocado oil, and salt to taste (1 tsp. salt). Mix well with a flat ladle and let it marinate for about 5 minutes

Step 3  – Spread the marinated sweet potatoes on a baking tray and bake for 18-22 minutes

Alternatively you can roast the sweet potatoes in a flat bottom pan until well cooked and roasted. Be careful not to make it mushy as sweet potatoes tend to become soft quickly. While you should use the same amount of spices for this method, you might need a little water and extra oil to make sure the potatoes don’t stick to the bottom of the pan

Step 4  – Enjoy your sublime roasted sweet potatoes in your favorite salads, wraps or with dal-rice 😋

Sweet potatoes are traditionally steam cooked and mixed with jaggery and grated coconuts in South Indian cuisine. This makes the dish much sweeter and for a spicy food lover like me, it ended up as one of my lesser favored vegetables. As a kid, I did not have a choice but to eat what my mom prepared. This continued even after I was married – yup, my mother-in-law would regularly cook them the same way too. Even after we moved to the US and I started cooking on my own, sweet potatoes were off the menu for a few years, until I figured out better ways to use them in dishes. Guru’s Burgers, a favorite local spot of ours in Sugar Land, Texas, used to serve delightful mushroom burgers with great sweet potato fries. After a couple of lunch dates there, I decided to include sweet potatoes back on our weekly menu and tried it in lettuce wraps. There were lots of hits and misses, but I persevered because the health benefits of sweet potatoes were overwhelming. Eventually I found that baking them yielded the best results every time or roasting them as long as I had a spacious pan to prevent overcrowding. These lovely root vegetables are now a regular feature in my kitchen. Be on the lookout for many more recipes that include them – parathas, patties, and even desserts 😋

Roasted Sweet Potato

Recipe by Sublime RecipesCourse: SidesCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy

Servings

4

servings

Prep Time

10

minutes

Cook Time

22

minutes

Ready In

32

minutes

A fail proof roasted sweet potato recipe with just a couple of ingredients. It is a versatile and tasty accompaniment for any meal time
Note: 1 cup = 235 ml

What You Will Need

• Ingredients

• 4 cups sweet potatoes, evenly diced 

• 1 ½ tsp. paprika chilli powder

• ½ tsp. cumin powder

• 2 Tbsp. avocado oil / cooking oil

• Salt to taste (1 tsp. salt)

• Kitchen Tools

• Large baking tray / Large flat bottom pan / kadhai

Preparation

• Preheat oven at 425°F
• In a medium sized bowl mix together 4 cups diced sweet potatoes, 1 ½ tsp paprika chilli powder, ½ tsp. cumin powder, 2 Tbsp. avocado oil, and salt to taste (1 tsp. salt). Mix well with a flat ladle and let it marinate for about 5 minutes
• Spread the marinated sweet potatoes on a baking tray and bake for 18-22 minutes
  
  Alternatively you can roast the sweet potatoes in a flat bottom pan until well cooked and roasted. Be careful not to make it mushy as sweet potatoes tend to become soft quickly. Whil you should use the same amount of spices for this method, you might need a little water and extra oil to make sure the potatoes don’t stick to the bottom of the pan
• Enjoy your sublime roasted sweet potatoes in your favorite salads, wraps or with dal-rice 😋

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• Sweet Potato Wraps

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