Sweet Potato, Cauliflower and Spring Onion Curry

After making sweet potato chips which i posted few days back, you can find the post here, i still had one sweet potato left in the fridge which was screaming to be used. I also had a big cauliflower and few spring onion sticks which i had bought on last weekend. I prefer to buy fresh veggies as in summer there are high chances of veggies getting spoiled if we store them for a longer period. I did not follow any recipe but created my own, for which i am really happy as the curry turned out to very very tasty...... :))

I served the curry with plain jeera rice and the combination was awesome...i definately will be making this again.

Ingredients:

1 big sweet potato chopped 

1 cup cauliflower florets

2 spring onion stick chopped finely

1 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp coriander powder

1 tsp red chili powder

1 tsp cumin powder

1 tsp sugar

Salt to taste

For Tempering:

1 tbsp oil

2 dry red chilli broken into 2

1 piece of cinnamon stick

4 cloves

1 tsp cumin seeds

1 tsp nigella(onion) seeds

2 bay leaf

2 - 3 star anise

2 - 3 cardamons broken (elaichi)

a generous pinch of asafoetida

Procedure:

• In a saucepan, heat the oil, add in cumin seeds, nigella seeds, bay leaf, cloves, cardamons, star anise , cinnamon and red chillis.
• As soon as the seeds start to splutter add in a pinch of asafoetida.
• Now add in the chopped sweet potatoes and cauliflower florets.
• Cook for about a min.
• Now add in turmeric, red chilli, cumin and coriander powders. Also add in salt and sugar. Mix well.
• Add little water, cover and cook for about 7 - 8 mins, until half way cooked.
• Now add in the chopped srping onions (leave some for garnishing).
• Cover and cook again for another 8 mins or until done.
• Garnish with chopped srping onions and serve hot with jeera rice, enjoy!!!!

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 :)