SMASHED SWEET POTATOES (5 INGREDIENT)

R looked at the sweet potatoes and then back at me with raised eyebrows. I hadn’t ordered these in ages. I have a new recipe in mind I told her. I hadn’t.

The fancy recipes I came across on the internet had fat, succulent, orange sweet potatoes. What I had was scrawny, purple ones.

I came across a recipe for smashed baby potatoes and decided to make smashed Sweet Potatoes instead.

I haven’t mentioned the quantities. It’s all as per your taste preference.

I mentioned cheese only because I have added it to the batch of which I clicked pictures. I would recommend skipping cheese as I could hardly taste it or perhaps, I put too little of it. 

These are soooooooo good. The sweet potatoes are garlicky, sweet and spicy and crispy and baked! So much healthier than the packet of Lays Chips I’m eating as I type this post. You may add other herbs if you wish to but salt and red chilly powder go perfectly well with these sweet potatoes.

If you do not have an oven, fry them on a pan. You must try these, have I said it already? These are so good. So good.

You could use regular potatoes instead but I do insist that you try it with sweet potatoes too because they are so good ;P

For more such simple recipes, please do follow me on Facebook @Lucidlucent and Instagram @lucidlucent.

SMASHED SWEET POTATOES

Ingredients:

Sweet potatoes

Butter

Garlic

Salt

Red chilli powder

Cheese (optional)

Method:

1.     Boil the sweet potatoes until cooked. (let it not be too soft, I pressure cook it along with our rice and it’s perfectly done). Leave the peel on.

2.     Preheat oven at 180C.

3.     Slice the sweet potatoes into ½ inch rounds.

4.     Add crushed garlic to butter and heat it until the butter melts.

5.   Transfer the chopped sweet potatoes into a mixing bowl. Drizzle the garlic butter on it. Sprinkle salt and chilli powder. Give it a good toss until the sweet potatoes are well coated.

6.     Place the sweet potatoes on a greased baking dish. Smash it slightly with a fork.

7.     Sprinkle cheese on it. (optional)

8.     Bake at 180C for about 15-20 mins until the edges have crisped and browned.

9.     Done.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APPLE CRISP

21.08.2020: Cobbler, Crisp , Crumble?

They all look the same to me which of course led me to a quick search on the internet. Cobbler has a layer of fruit at the bottom and has a biscuit style uneven (cobbled) topping which gives it its name.

Crisp and Crumble are similar, both have a streusel topping -the only difference is that one contains oats and the other doesn’t. I read a few articles and it’s still not clear which of the two has oats. If you have the answer, please do drop a comment below.

This recipe is from The Chunky Chef. I have thrown in some additional ingredients and halved the recipe. 

I love apple pie. Do you love it too? If you do, you must follow me on Facebook and Instagram @lucidlucent. I’ve never baked an apple pie. I’m still a bit intimidated by the idea of making a pie crust from scratch. The Apple Crisp is a wonderful and easy substitute if you do happen to have a craving for an apple pie or as in my case, have apples lying around without nobody to eat them.

For as long as I can remember, we have been feeding Skip an apple a day. He HATES that fruit with all his heart. When I told him that I had made apple crisp, he didn’t seem particularly enthusiastic about it. He said he would try a spoon of it and  then poof, polished off half the dish! It was that good!

I think it tasted even better the next day. It is so simple to make, you cannot go wrong with the ingredients, quantities or the baking. The cinnamon and lemon lend a wonderful flavour to the baked apples and the streusel is crisp and delicious. 

We had  a warm slice of it with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream and drizzled caramel sauce on it. Yummy! 

APPLE CRISP

Ingredients:

Apples – 3

Granulated sugar – 1 tbsp

Cinnamon – 1 tsp

Lemon juice – 2 tsp

For the topping:

Rolled Oats – ½ cup

All-purpose flour (maida)- ½ cup

Light brown sugar – ¾ cup

Cold unsalted butter – ¼ cup

Walnuts – 2 tbsp (optional)

Sunflower seeds – 1 tbsp

 watermelon seeds- 1 tbsp

salt- a pinch

Method:

1.    Preheat oven at 180C. Grease an 8 inch baking dish.

2.  In a separate dish, combine the chopped apples, granulated sugar, cinnamon and lemon juice. Transfer it to the greased dish.

3. In another bowl, add flour, oats, sugar and salt. Rub the cold butter into this mixture with your finger until it resembles bread crumbs. Add the walnuts and seeds and mix it well.  

4.   Spread the toppings evenly over the apples and bake for about 40-50 minutes until the topping turns golden brown.

5.     Done.

Recipe Notes:

·     You may use any variety of apples. I peeled the apples but you may use them with the peel. Here’s what I did with the peel – Ate it! I chopped them into tiny bits but you may also slice it.

·    The nuts and seeds are optional but they give that additional crunch to the topping and walnuts taste so good in it.