Sweet Potato Masala Recipe
This is a delicious Sweet Potato Fries Recipe with a delightful mix of spices and selected vegetables, cooked and mixed evenly together to form a tasty sweet potato or ngwaci dish, suitable as a dinner meal.Accompanying this recipe is a video tutorial at the end of the recipe in case you'd like to watch the exact process of how I make this sweet potato recipe.
Equipment
- 1 Deep frying pan
- 1 Wide Cooking Pan
- 1 knife
- 1 grater
- 1 Slotted Spoon
- 1 Wooden Spoon
- 1 Table Spoon
Ingredients
- 3 to 4 Large Sweet Potatoes
- 1 Large Chopped Onion
- 2 Medium size Chopped tomatoes
- 1 tbsp Finely Grated Fresh Ginger
- 1 tbsp Finely Grated Fresh Garlic
- 1 tbsp Ketchup
- Lemon Juice of One Large Lemon
- 4 tbsps Finely Chopped Fresh Dhania/ Celantro
- 1 Medium Size Green Bell Pepper
- ¾ tsp Salt, or as preferred
- Cooking Oil for Deep Frying (The oil should be slightly below half in your frying pan)
- Selected Spices- you could use spices of choice (I used ½ a tsp each of paprika, curry powder, cumin seed, ginger, & ⅓ a tsp each of black pepper and turmeric powder)
Instructions
- Begin by washing your sweet potatoes and the other ingredients that need washing thoroughly.
- Cut your sweet potatoes, slicing them into the characteristic elongated fries-shapes. I like mine not too thin or too thick.Give them a final rinse in clean water to get rid of the starch on the surface of the fries pieces.Meanwhile, begin to heat up your cooking oil until it is hot, not too hot though.
- Transfer your sweet potato pieces onto an appropriate clean kitchen towel. Dry them before frying them.
- I like to ensure my cooking oil is hot enough by first frying one sweet potato piece. When it gets ready and crispy, I add in the other pieces.Go ahead and begin to deep fry the sweet potato pieces. My pan is a big one so I fried them in two batches. In case yours is smaller, fry them in more batches. You only need to ensure not to crowd the pieces in the pan.
- Once they are ready, with a soft interior and a crispy exterior, transfer to a tray lined with paper towels to drain out any excess oil.
- As you begin to fry the last batch, begin to prepare the masala mixture.In a suitable pan, begin by frying the diced onion with a little cooking oil until the onions are translucent and starting to turn to a light golden color.
- Add the garlic and ginger and fry to a light golden color.
- Add the tomatoes. Stir them in evenly. Cover the mixture, lower the heat, and allow it to simmer for about a minute or two to soften the tomatoes.
- Next, uncover and stir the mixture. The tomatoes should break down further to form some form of puree. Add the salt and spices. Stir until evenly mixed. Cover the mixture, lower the heat, and allow it to simmer for two minutes for the spices to cook.
- Uncover, pour in the fresh lemon juice and the ketchup. Evenly stir them in. Stir in about ¼ cup of water then cover. Bring the mixture to a boil, lower the heat and allow it to simmer for half a minute just to bring everything together.
- Uncover, evenly stir in the bell pepper and dhania.
- Finally stir in your sweet potato fries, ensuring each piece is covered by the masala mixture.
- Cover and cook for a minute.
- Your meal is ready. Serve hot with an appropriate sauce.
