Recipe: Sweet potato boat with chickpeas
If you wish to have a nutritious dinner with minimal ingredients, this recipe is the one for you.
Sweet potato boat with chickpeas
If you wish to have a nutritious dinner with minimal ingredients, this recipe is the one for you. Sweet Potato Boat with chickpeas, is a quick to serve dinner option that you can even serve at dinner parties. Ths fancy looking dish with a vegan sauce is all you need. A great combination of carbohydrate, protein and iron, this dish can fulfill all your nutritional requirement for the day.
Ingredients
- 4 pieces Sweet Potatoes
- 1 cup Boiled Chickpeas
- 2 Onion, chopped
- 1 Tomato, chopped
- 2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 cup Baby Spinach, roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp Tahini/Mustard Sauce
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
- 1/2 tsp Cumin
- 3 Garlic Cloves, minced
- Chilli Flakes for serving
Instructions
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Prepare the filling first by boiling some chickpea and spinach, till they are cooked to perfection.
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In a separate vessel, powerboil some whole sweet potatoes, till they are half cooked.
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Now heat the olive oil in a pan over a low heat.
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Sauté some cumin, minced garlic, and chopped onions till they are golden brown.
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Add in the chopped tomatoes, salt and chilli powder and cook until the tomatoes turn into a gravy-like consistency.
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Combine the boiling chickpeas and spinach with the gravy.
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Next, take the sweet potatoes and cut them in half. Scoop some sweet potato out of the centre to create a cavity.
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Combine the scooped out potatoes with the chickpea filling.
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Fill the sweet potatoes with the mixture.
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Garnish with crushed pepper and chilli flakes.
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Bake the potatoes for 10 minutes, then serve with tahini/mustard sauce on the side.
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