If you wondering what exotic dish I have served up today then gotcha! Shakarkandi is the hindi name for...........Sweet Potato ! :) So if you have ever visited the North in winter months, nothing is more soothing than the sweet and warm taste of the roasted sweet potato chaat served in cute li'l dried leaf katories..anyways the taste of street food is rarely matched elsewhere. Well winter is nowhere near but my vegetable vendor had a good stock of sweet potatoes so I am experimenting with what all I can come up with this delicious root vegetable.
Firstly you must cook this correctly and the best way is to cook in a steamer as boiling it in water makes it.. well.. sloshy (I can't come up with a better word ) . I cook mine in a steamer in a pressure cooker, just one whistle on high flame then left for 5 minutes on a slow flame. Open the cooker when the steam has released and smile at the pretty pink fella staring at you. Try this variation with mayonnaise for a super quick evening snack fix..
2 big sweet potatoes
4 tablespoons mayonnaise (low-fat preferred)
1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
1 teaspoon red chilli powder
1 teaspoon salt
Juice of one lemon
Chaat masala, coriander leaves to garnish
1. Boil the sweet potatoes. Roast them on a tawa with the skin on, till browned on all sides.
2. Peel and cut into chunks.
3. Mix all the remaining ingredients and pour over the sweet potato pieces.
4. Garnish with chaat masala and coriander leaves (I added colour with a little pomegranate)
5. Serve with toothpicks and watch them vanish !
Firstly you must cook this correctly and the best way is to cook in a steamer as boiling it in water makes it.. well.. sloshy (I can't come up with a better word ) . I cook mine in a steamer in a pressure cooker, just one whistle on high flame then left for 5 minutes on a slow flame. Open the cooker when the steam has released and smile at the pretty pink fella staring at you. Try this variation with mayonnaise for a super quick evening snack fix..
Ingredients
4 tablespoons mayonnaise (low-fat preferred)
1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
1 teaspoon red chilli powder
1 teaspoon salt
Juice of one lemon
Chaat masala, coriander leaves to garnish
1. Boil the sweet potatoes. Roast them on a tawa with the skin on, till browned on all sides.
2. Peel and cut into chunks.
3. Mix all the remaining ingredients and pour over the sweet potato pieces.
4. Garnish with chaat masala and coriander leaves (I added colour with a little pomegranate)
5. Serve with toothpicks and watch them vanish !
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