Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Fire Roasted Yam/Sweet Potato





Fire roasted Sweet Potato/Yam:
This is one of the most delicious cold wintery snack that is very healthy and equally filling...
For roasting directly under fire, you can use your fire place if you have one..This is a great way to enhance the flavour in your sweet potato. Another way of roasting is using charcoal. Place the sweet potato on heated coal for 15 minutes, toss it every 3-4 minutes to make sure the skin is getting charred and its heating equally on all sides..

To serve:
remove the charred skin which comes of very easily. Once fully done, the potato cuts like butter and yet retains its shape without breaking down. I generally serve this with rock salt and pepper or with honey..
Tip: You can mash this and use it for making raita, its an excellent accompaniment with any dish..

14 comments:

Vibaas said...

Something new and sounds very intersting and tempting.

Cham said...

What a great use of ur fireplace. Looks tasty the roasted yam

lubnakarim06 said...

Completely new to me. Looks gr8.

Deepthi Shankar said...

I remember eating this. My ajji used to make this. Its soo yummy

FH said...

Happy new year to you Paaru. Roasted anything is yummy, love the smoky flavor! :))

Kannada Cuisine said...

Happy new Year!
I wish we had a fire place..Keep warm and happy eating

sriharivatsan said...

Hey, this i can even give to my 1-year-old kid...wow, superb..thanks for sharing..

FH said...

Paru, your ajji's tip sounds so delicious, I will try next time. Love the aroma of coriander pd. Thanks! :))

Trupti said...

what a use of fire place..I tried these back home..

Usha said...

Sounds quite tempting :-)

KonkaniBlogger said...

Its been ages since I had a roasted Sweet Potato, its been a favourite of mine..

anudivya said...

Now, that I have not heard before! using a fireplace to roast food! Sounds interesting.

Ramya's Mane Adige said...

I love the smoked flavor of the fire roasted veggies.... We used to do it often when we went camping!! Yours looks evenly cooked and delicious... Happy Samkranti!!

Sanctified Spaces said...

Wow,this recipe just fires my imagination!!