Grilled Sweet Potatoes with Mint Tahini Sauce
Equipment
- Oven
Ingredients
For the grilled sweet potatoes:
- 2 sweet potatoes
- 3 tbsp avocado oil
- 2 tsp cumin ground
- ½ tsp paprika powder
- salt to taste
- 3 sprigs fennel fronds
For the mint tahini sauce:
- 2 tbsp white sesame (hulled) toasted
- 1 Thai green chili
- 1 clove garlic
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- ¾ cup mint leaves chopped
- 4 tbsp olive oil extra virgin
Instructions
How to make grilled sweet potatoes:
- Pre-heat the oven to 4000F.
- Wash and slice the sweet potatoes longitudinally.
- Mix all the ingredients for the grilled sweet potatoes and spread them on each of the sweet potato slices.
- Arrange the sweet potato slices on an aluminum lined tray and bake the sweet potato slices in the oven for 50 minutes.
How to make mint tahini sauce:
- Grind all the ingredients in a food processor or coffee grinder.
Notes
- You could use purple sweet potatoes or yam instead of sweet potatoes.
- Cilantro can be substituted for mint leaves.
- This recipe serves well as an appetizer, snack or side dish.
- You could use store-bought tahini with the mint leaves for the sauce. I have made my tahini by grinding the sesame with the other ingredients.
- Toasting the sesame brings out the nuttiness of the seeds but it is important not to burn them.
- You could grill the sweet potatoes on an indoor grill. I have baked them to get the same flavor.
Nutrition
Calories: 179kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 2gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 64mgPotassium: 409mgFiber: 4gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 16045IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 45mgIron: 1mg
