Sweet Potato Sabzi
Craft this easy, flavorful, and satisfying sweet potato sabzi in a mere 20 minutes. It's suitable for Hindu fasts or vrats.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Oil ** If making during vrat or upvas please use peanut oil or ghee.
- ½ teaspoon Cumin seeds
- ½ teaspoon Sesame seeds
- 3-4 Cashew nuts chopped, optional
- 2 small Green chili chopped finely
- 200 grams or 1 ½ cups Sweet potatoes cut into cubes
- Salt to taste ** If making during vrat or upvas, please use rock salt aka sendha namak
- 1 tablespoon Peanuts crushed
- 1 tablespoon Desiccated coconut
- 1 teaspoon Lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon Cilantro or coriander leaves chopped finely
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat. Once hot add cumin seeds and let them sizzle. Then add sesame seeds and cashew nuts. Saute for a minute or so or till cashews get light brown color.
- Now add chopped green chilies and saute for 30 seconds.
- Add sweet potato and salt. Mix well.
- Cover it with the lid and cook. Do stir in between and make sure that it is not sticking to the pan. If sticking then you can a splash of water. Cook till sweet potatoes are soft and tender. Check by inserting a knife or fork, it should go in easily without any effort. It took me around 10-12 minutes.
- Now add crushed peanuts and desiccated coconut. Mix well and cook for a minute.
- Now add lemon (lime) juice and turn off the stove.
- Sprinkle chopped coriander leaves and mix. Sabji is ready to serve.
Notes
You can use boiled sweet potato instead of raw. In that case, you don’t need to cook for long after adding sweet potato cubes. Just fry for 2 minutes only.
Nutrition
Calories: 237kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 4gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 3gSodium: 489mgPotassium: 385mgFiber: 5gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 141IUVitamin C: 9mgCalcium: 30mgIron: 1mg
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