Sweet Potato Stir Fry / Chakkaravalli Kizhangu Poriyal

Sweet potatoes stir fry is a simple and delicious way to savor your favorite spud. The most prominent nutrient in sweet potatoes is vitamin C. One medium-sized sweet potato contains 438% of your daily value of vitamin A (a white potato contains 1%), 37% of your vitamin C, and some calcium, potassium, and iron too. All this at just 105 calories! This sweet potato stir fry is a complex flavoured dish as we add more chilly to this sweet flavoured vegetable.

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup sweet potato ( Steamed & cut into pieces)

1 teaspoon mustard seeds

2 teaspoon urad dhal

1 onion

1 tablespoon crushed garlic

2 slit green chillies

½ teaspoon turmeric powder

½ teaspoon cumin powder

½ teaspoon coriander powder

½ teaspoon red chilly powder.

A pinch of hing.

Few curry leaves

Salt to taste

INSTRUCTIONS:

Peel the sweet potato and cut into small pieces. Steam it for 5 min and keep it aside.

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Heat the pan and add 2 tablespoons of oil. Add mustard seeds, urad dhal, hing and curry leaves. Saute till dhal turns brown.

 

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Add onion, green chilly and garlic saute till onion turns translucent. Now add in sweet potato, turmeric powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, red chilly powder, salt and mix well, close the lid and cook for 3 min.

Switch off the flame.

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Garnish and Serve !!!