Sweet Potato khichedi ( sweet potato stir fry)

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My husband usually fasts for  the whole of the Shrawan month and I have to try my best to make different farar/falhar dishes for him. This dry sweet potato khichedi which my MIL used to make a lot was a winner.   There are certain foods we are allowed to eat during the Hindu fasts. I only know which foods are allowed from remembering what my parents cooked on such occasions. Occasionally,  I see recipes for Farari dishes of foods I would never eat but that’s fine as everyone has their own traditions to follow. I know that potatoes, sweet potatoes, fruit, milk  and nuts were allowed so I made this easy peasy stir fry sweet potato dish, with some nuts, which can be eaten on its own.

Ingredients

  • 2 medium sweet potatoes ( I used the orange flesh ones)
  • 2 tbls oil (you can use ghee too)
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 3-4 curry leaves
  • 2-3 hot green chilies
  • salt and pepper to taste (rock salt is preferable)
  • 2 tbls desiccated coconut
  • handful of peanuts and cashews
  • 1 tbls lemon juice
  • small bunch of coriander

Method

  1.  Wash and grate the sweet potatoes, chop the chilies into small chunks and grate the ginger.

2. Heat the oil and add the cumin seeds and curry leaves.  As soon as the cumin  browns, add the nuts so they too brown lightly.

3.  Add the sweet potatoes, ginger and chilies and stir. Cover and allow the sweet potatoes to soften for 5 minutes. Next add the desiccated coconut and stir.  The sweet potatoes cook very quickly so just add lemon juice and garnish with coriander and serve.

4. Serve it hot.

More farari recipes can be found in my blog.  Some of them are listed in the post below:

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Sweet Potato Khichedi (sweet potato stir fry)

My husband has been fasting the whole of the Shrawan month and I am trying my best to make different farar/falhar dishes for him. Today I made this dry sweet potato khichedi which my MIL used to make a lot.  There are certain foods we are allowed to eat during the Hindu fasts. I only know which foods are allowed from remembering what my parents cooked on such occasions. Occasionally,  I see recipes for Farari dishes of foods I would never eat but that’s fine as everyone has their own traditions to follow. I know that potatoes, sweet potatoes, fruit, milk  and nuts were allowed so I made this easy peasy stir fry sweet potato dish, with some nuts, which can be eaten on its own.
Course: Breakfast, fastingfood, Snack
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: fal ahar, farali food, farari food
Servings: 2
Author: Mina Joshi

Ingredients

  • 2 medium sweet potatoes ( I used the orange flesh ones)
  • 2 tbls oil (you can use ghee too)
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 3-4 curry leaves
  • 2-3 hot green chilies
  • salt and pepper to taste (rock salt is preferable)
  • 2 tbls desiccated coconut
  • handful of peanuts and cashews
  • 1 tbls lemon juice
  • small bunch of coriander

Instructions

  • Wash and grate the sweet potatoes, chop the chilies into small chunks and grate the ginger.
  • Heat the oil and add the cumin seeds and curry leaves.  As soon as the cumin  browns, add the nuts so they too brown lightly.
  • Add the sweet potatoes, ginger and chilies and stir. Cover and allow the sweet potatoes to soften for 5 minutes. Next add the desiccated coconut and stir.  The sweet potatoes cook very quickly so just add lemon juice and garnish with coriander and serve.
  • Serve it hot

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