Tandoori Sweet Potatoes and Rice
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
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Sauce
- 1 cucumber, peeled, halved, seeded and sliced
- 1 cup plain nonfat yogurt
- 1⁄2 cup of fresh mint, chopped
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground pepper
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Marinade
- 1 cup plain nonfat yogurt
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh grated ginger
- 4 teaspoons curry powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
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Main ingredients
- 3 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 inch thick slices
- 6 cups cooked brown basmati rice or 6 cups white basmati rice
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh sage or 2 teaspoons dried sage
directions
- To make sauce, stir together cucumber, yogurt, mint, sugar and pepper.
- Cover and refrigerate for a minimum of 3 hours or up to 24 hours.
- To make Marinade, combine yogurt, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, ginger, curry powder and cayenne.
- Score the surface of each sweet potato in a criss cross pattern about 1/4 inch deep.
- Add to marinade and toss to coat.
- Let stand 30 minutes.
- Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Coat large baking dish with non-stick spray.
- Reserving the marinade, arrange the sweet potato slices in a single layer in the pan.
- Bake, brushing with reserved marinade every 15 minutes until tender, about 45 minutes.
- To serve, toss the rice with the sage, then serve on the side, the sweet potato slices with cucumber sauce on top.
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