Thursday, September 26, 2013

Sweet Potato Curry/Sakkaravalli Kizhangu Poriyal

Sweet potato are a major source of skin protecting  beta carotene, they are as much as healthier like our carrots. This humble root vegetable is rarely cooked in our kitchen, you can dish out many different dishes to bakes with this sweet potatoes. The ladies from my family make different dishes from this root vegetable and one among their dishes, this curry is my all time favourite. This poriyal aka curry goes awesome as side dish with a simple rasam rice. You can also enjoy this vegan dish thoroughly with rotis, eventhough this dish may tastes bit sweet, the spices used in this poriyal will definitely give this poriyal enough spiciness.

A simple coarse paste of spices makes this poriyal as a delicious side dish, the cooking time may varies depending upon the freshness of the sweet potato,however this curry is one of my grandma's signature dish, you can also make the same poriyal with pumpkins too.Today is the last thursday of the month and its time to post for Vegan Thursdays, an vegan event running twice a month,this simple,delicious and vegan curry goes to this event.Sending to Srivalli's Side dish Mela.

3cups Sakkaravalli kizhangu/sweet potato (peeled & cubed)
Salt
Oil
1tsp Mustard seeds
1tsp Urad dal
Few curry leaves

To grind:
10nos Shallots
2tbsp Coconut
1tsp Fennel seeds
2nos Dry red chillies
4nos Garlic cloves
1tbsp Black peppercorns
1tsp Cumin seeds

Cook the cubed sweet potatoes in enough water with salt..

Once they turns soft, put off the fire, drain the water and keep aside.

Meanwhile, grind all the ingredients given under the list 'to grind' as coarse paste.

Heat enough oil,let splutters the mustard seeds,urad dal,add in the curry leaves.

Now add the coarse paste, cook in simmer for few minutes.

Finally add the cooked sweet potato cubes,salt (if needed) and cook everything in simmer until the potato pieces gets well coated by the masala paste.

Serve warm as side dish.


25 comments:

Magees kitchenworld said... Reply To This Comment

Priya, it sounds so delicious & colorful

Oriyarasoi said... Reply To This Comment

Looks very tempting...this one is one flavorful dish for sure!!

Praveen Kumar said... Reply To This Comment

This is new. Never had a sweet potato curry before. Will have to try this weekend.

Prema said... Reply To This Comment

wow i too want it post for long,delicious recipe Priya...

great-secret-of-life said... Reply To This Comment

healthy poriyal

Suja Manoj said... Reply To This Comment

I too love sweet potato curry,looks so yummy.

Hema said... Reply To This Comment

Very flavorful masala, I have to try thi curry..

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Love to have this poriyal with Sri Lankan Roti. Sounds delicious :)

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

sakarawali curry looks super inviting and delicious aks :)

Mary Bergfeld said... Reply To This Comment

What a lovely side dish.These would go well with any plain roasted meat and most poultry. Thanks for sharing the recipe with us. Have a great day. Blessings...Mary

meena said... Reply To This Comment

We make something similar to this with all tubes.Looks yummy.

Jayanthy Kumaran said... Reply To This Comment

looks delectable
Tasty Appetite

Nithya said... Reply To This Comment

Tempting, delicious and healthy curry..

www.mahaslovelyhome.com said... Reply To This Comment

Interesting...nice idea...

Asiya Omar said... Reply To This Comment

Super curry,looks yum.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Your spice grind sounds very flavorful, I make a very simple stir fry, will try your version next time.

Sangeetha Priya said... Reply To This Comment

healthy n superb sundal..

Sangeetha Priya said... Reply To This Comment

Healthy and superb poriyal :-)

Sangeetha M said... Reply To This Comment

wow...sounds so good, haven;t cooked sweet potato this way...wil try it sometime soon...good one Priya!

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

delicious and healthy side dish

CinnamonNChillies said... Reply To This Comment

Curry looks very appetising Priya! And a BIG Thank you for visiting my blog and encouraging me with ur sweetest comments :-) U r a lovely person Priya!

Rumana Rawat said... Reply To This Comment

This sounds very tasty..

Sona said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious and healthy curry.

Rajani S said... Reply To This Comment

This is kind of like our kappa puzhukku. Will def try this sometime..

Pavithra said... Reply To This Comment

Thanks!