Kelang Palya (Sweet Potato Curry)

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- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 2 medium sweet potatoes
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cumin seed
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black mustard seeds
- 1⁄4 teaspoon Urad Dal
- 3 curry leaves
- 1 dried red chili, cut into half inch pieces
- 1 green chili, sliced
- 1⁄4 inch gingerroot, finely chopped
- 1⁄8 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 pinch asafoetida powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon jaggery, crushed
- 1⁄4 cup water
- salt, to taste
- cilantro, to garnish
directions
- Peel and cube sweet potatoes. Put it in a bowl of cold water and set aside. See note.
- In a pan, heat the oil.
- Add the cumin, mustard and urad dal.
- When the mustard splutters and urad dal has changed color, add curry leaves, red chili and ginger.
- Stir for a minute then add the turmeric powder.
- Stir and now add the sweet potatoes.
- Dissolve the asafoetida in the water and add to the pan.
- Add salt to taste.
- Add the crushed jaggery only if using the pale sweet potato as the orange one is sweet enough.
- Mix well, cover and let cook until the sweet potatoes are tender.
- Serve garnished with chopped fresh corriander leaves.
- NOTE: If you would like to make mashed sweet potatoes, boil them first in lightly salted water until tender enough to be mashed with a fork.
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I was hoping to find a good recipe that combines two of my favorite things--Indian food and sweet potatoes! I don't know if I did something wrong, but the urad dal ended up being too hard. Maybe I was supposed to cook it first--or at least soak for longer. Anyway, it was a delicious dish--thank you!
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