Healthy Sweet Potatoes Recipes

Interestingly, some of the best recipes that feature this versatile produce – which can be boiled, baked or even sautéed – are savoury, as a little bit of heat best brings out its sweet-spicy flavour.

#1 Sweet Potato Tikki

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4.50 from 2 votes

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Course Snack

Servings 5 tikkis

Ingredients

  

• 3 medium-sized sweet potatoes, boiled, peeled and mashed
• 1 onion, finely-chopped
• 1 green chilli, finely-chopped
• A handful of coriander leaves (hara dhania), chopped
• 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
• 2 tbsp gram flour (besan)
• 1 tsp rice flour
• Salt to taste
• Olive oil for basting

Instructions

 

• Mix the mashed sweet potato with onions, coriander leaves and green chilli.
• Add salt, chilli powder and flour to prepare the dough.
• Form small tikkis (the size of your palm) of medium thickness with the dough.
• Brush with olive oil and grill on a flat-based pan until golden brown.
• Serve hot with green chutney.

Keyword sweet potato, tikki

#2 Potatoes – Shakarkandi Kheer

The best part of using sweet potato to make kheer is that you don’t need to use sugar. In this recipe, dates provide additional sweetness.

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4.50 from 2 votes

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Course Dessert

Servings 1 cup

Ingredients

  

• 3/4 cup sweet potato, peeled and grated
• 3 cup low-fat milk
• 8 dates, soaked in ¼ cup of hot milk for 15 minutes and ground to a paste
• 10 almonds, soaked in warm water, peeled and ground to a paste
• 1/4 tsp cardamom (elaichi) powder
• 5-6 cashews
• 10 raisins

Instructions

 

• Heat the milk and bring it to a boil. Add grated sweet potato and let it cook while stirring constantly to ensure it doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pan.
• Once the milk has reduced slightly, check if the sweet potato is cooked (it should feel soft).
• Once cooked, add almond paste and cook for a few more minutes.
• Add cardamom powder, dates, cashews and raisins. Mix well and remove from heat.
• Let it cool and then refrigerate.
• Serve chilled.

Keyword kheer, sweet potato

#3 Sweet Potato Chaat

This one’s a great evening snack recipe.

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4.50 from 2 votes

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Course Snack

Ingredients

  

• 2 cups sweet potato, boiled, peeled and chopped
• 1/4 tsp black pepper (kali mirch) powder
• 1/2 tsp cumin (jeera) powder
• Red chilli powder to taste
• Dry mango (amchur) powder to taste
• Chaat masala powder to taste
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• A handful of coriander leaves (hara dhania), for garnish
• Salt to taste

Instructions

 

• Add all the ingredients, except lemon juice, to a large bowl and mix
• Drizzle lemon juice over the ingredients and mix again
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve

Keyword chat, sweet potatao

#4 Sweet Potato and Quinoa

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Course Snack

Servings 1 cup

Ingredients

  

• 1 cup sweet potato cooked, peeled and cubed
• 1 cup coconut, shredded
• 1 onion, finely-chopped
• 1 cup quinoa, cooked
• 1 tbsp raisins
• 1/2 cup cashews
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
• 1 bay leaf
• Salt to taste

Instructions

 

• Heat oil in a kadhai. Add bay leaves and onion, and fry till the onion is translucent.
• Add pepper, chilli powder, sweet potato and coconut.
• Fry all the ingredients till the aroma of the coconut kicks-in
• Add raisins and cashews
• Fry till the cashews brown.
• Add the cooked quinoa and mix well.
• Cook on a medium flame for 5 minutes
• Serve hot

Keyword quinoa, sweet potato