Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Baked Sweet Potato Chips


Sweet potato, a tuberous root vegetable belonging to the same family of plants as the morning glory, is a particularly popular food in the southern United States. Sweet potatoes, native to Central America, are considered a staple in many countries and have been cultivated in Southern states since the 16th century.Nutritionally, sweet potatoes are an excellent source of vitamin A and a good source of potassium and vitamin C, B6, riboflavin, copper, pantothetic acid and folic acid.

We always prepare sweet potato during fasting, usually mom deep fries the sweet potatoes and we enjoy them with salt, pepper and lime. I am very fond of fried foods but due to the fat content i avoid making them and try to use alternative methods like baking and grilling. I made these baked sweet potato chips as an evening snack, its very simple to prepare and takes very less time.

Sending this to WYF Quick Meals event by EC and to 15 minutes cooking by Mahimaa
Ingredients:
1 big Sweet Potato peeled and sliced
1 tsp olive oil
1 tsp lime juice
Salt and Pepper to taste





Procedure:
  • Preheat the oven at 200 degrees C.
  • Mix oil, salt and pepper in a vessel, add in the sweet potatoes and mix well.
  • Line a baking dish with foil paper or parchment paper and bake the sweet potatoes for 10-12 minutes.
  • Serve them with sauce or add in little lime juice and munch them just like that :)

28 comments:

  1. Excellent entry Parita. I love Plantain chips, sweet Potato must taste great as well, good one! :)

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  2. Wow! They look crispy, colorful and lovely! Am craving for those now!

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  3. Wow Parita, this is so tempting and baked sweet potato is my fav... Sweet, salt and lemony should taste very yummy!!!

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  4. This looks like a really healthy and yum snack, great entry for the event :-)

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  5. Thank you Asha, Ushanandini, Ramya and Usha for your encouraging words :)

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  6. Lovely idea to bake..never tried chips with sweet potatoes..thanks for the entry

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  7. This is a great idea. The baked chips look yummy. Sure must have been delicious with lemon and pepper combo!

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  8. Wonderful idea forcutting the calories and still enjoying the taste..Thx for sharing

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  9. Nice entry! Looks crispy and crunchy..

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  10. this looks soo healthy and simple.

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  11. wow so crispy and sweet. thx for sending parita. got ur mail.

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  12. love these..and healthier option too baking!

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  13. Baking is better than frying, love this healthier way of making out chips..Looks colourful and delicious!

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  14. wow!! it is so simple and quick....wants me to try right away.....

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  15. Looks crispy nd colourful.....

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  16. Excellent recipe, will try out soon.

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  17. The chips look superb and 15 mins cooking great way 2 enjoy without spending a lot of time in the kitchen.

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  18. I love sweet potatoes in any format and the best is these baked ones. Good one.

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  19. nice to see its baked..hope it tasted great:)

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  20. Hello :) my first time here.
    Got here from Lisa's blog (my first time there too :) You have a nice collection of recipes.
    I'm very glad I ran into this recipe. I have only used sweet potatoes a few times and have been trying to include them in our everyday diet. Will definitely be trying this over the weekend.

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  21. this is my favourite and the pics look gorgeous!

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  22. Never liked sweet potato but the images appear very tempting

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  23. Hey Parita, tried this last weekend. Yummm, we gobbled it up straight from the baking pan! Thanx a bunch for sharing :)

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  24. I tried it last weekend but the chips were not crispy at all. Should I increase the baking time?

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  25. Hi Anonymous, try reducing the temperature to 180 C and increase the time to 25 to 30 mins, let me know if this helped :-)

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  26. Hi Parita,
    Great idea. I have tried it 2 times so far but the chips were not crisp at all. I set the oven temp at 400 F but still not crisp. What am I doing wrong?
    Thannks
    Meena

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