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Grilled Sweet Potatoes

Grilled sweet potatoes on a plate
Kanchan Dilip
Sweet potato halves grilled with olive oil and spices and topped with homemade mint tahini sauce makes for a quick, healthy, and easy snack!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Course Snacks
Cuisine Caribbean
Servings 4
Calories 179 kcal

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:

  • Preheat 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

  1. You could use purple sweet potatoes or yam instead of sweet potatoes.
  2. Cilantro can be substituted for mint leaves.
  3. This recipe serves well as an appetizer, snack or side dish.

Nutrition

Calories: 179kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 2gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 64mgPotassium: 409mgFiber: 4gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 16045IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 45mgIron: 1mg
Keyword grilled sweet potatoes, mint tahini sauce
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