Asian-Style Baked Onions, Potatoes & Sweet Potatoes

photo by nldflores30

- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 1 teaspoon coriander seed
- 1 teaspoon sichuan pepper (or dry green or black peppercorns)
- 1 teaspoon kalonji (black onion seeds , aka nigella)
- 2 star anise
- 1⁄2 teaspoon sea salt
- 2 large Spanish onions, peeled
- 3 large potatoes, such as Desiree, unpeeled
- 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled
- 1 tablespoon peanut oil or 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
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FOR THE GLAZE
- 2 tablespoons tamari or 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon peanut oil or 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- fresh lime juice (optional) or lemon juice, to serve (optional)
directions
- Preheat the oven to 220C/Gas 7/fan oven 200°C
- Combine all the spices and salt in a small, electric spice or coffee grinder (or use a pestle and mortar), and pulverise them to a powder - ignore the bigger bits of coriander husk.
- Tip the ground spices into a very large mixing bowl.
- Cut the onions into sixths, leaving a little root attached to hold the layers together.
- Cut the ordinary potatoes into six segments, length ways.
- If the sweet potatoes are slender (they normally are) cut them into quarters, length ways; if they're bulky round the middle, cut them into sixths.
- Put all the vegetables into the mixing bowl.
- add the oil and toss thoroughly, using clean hands.
- Lightly oil the large tray which comes with your oven (or 1 or 2 baking trays)
- Spread the vegetables out in a single layer and bake them for 25 minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine the glaze ingredients in a small jug with 4 tablespoons cold water.
- Remove the oven tray; brush the vegetables with the glaze and continue to bake for about 20-30 minutes, or until they're slightly charred and tender.
- A little squeeze of lime or lemon juice adds vivacity, but the vegetables are very nice with or without it.
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