Fried Sweet Potato with Spices
2 servings
30 minutes
Spiced roasted sweet potato is a refined dish of Latin American cuisine that combines the sweetness of sweet potatoes with rich spice aromas. Sweet potatoes are roasted to a golden color, achieving a crispy crust and softness inside. During cooking, they are infused with notes of nutmeg, saffron, basil, and rosemary, creating a magical flavor composition. This recipe conveys the spirit of South American traditions where spices play a key role in adding depth and expressiveness to dishes. It can be served with your favorite sauce to highlight its rich flavor. Perfect as a standalone dish or as a side to meat or fish. Spiced roasted sweet potato is a culinary journey filled with warmth and spicy aromas.
1
Wash the sweet potato, peel it, rinse with water, and pat dry with a paper towel.
- Orange sweet potato: 1 piece
2
Cut the sweet potato into long pieces about 1 cm by 1 cm thick.
3
Pour sunflower oil into a heated pan, warm it up, and add finely chopped garlic.
- Sunflower oil: 1 tablespoon
- Garlic: 1 clove
4
Next, immediately add the sweet potato. Stir, add the dry garlic. Start frying over medium heat, stirring constantly.
- Garlic powder: pinch
5
Add salt, nutmeg, and 3 saffron threads. Stir again.
- Salt: to taste
- Saffron: pinch
- Ground nutmeg: pinch
6
About halfway through cooking, add crushed dried basil and dried rosemary.
- Dried basil: 1 teaspoon
- Dried rosemary: pinch
7
Roast, stirring constantly, until fully cooked. At the end of cooking, you can lower the heat and simmer the sweet potato for a few minutes with the lid on.
8
Serve in a beautiful dish with your favorite sauce.