Add blanched greens and return to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer for 2 minutes. sweet potato greens are incredibly easy to grow. each slip makes a new plant, and one potato can shoot out up to 50 slips. Feedly, Welcome to Love & Olive Oil, the culinary adventures of Lindsay and Taylor. Since I’m a big fan of spicy food, I’d suggest dialing up the amount of red chillies you add to the dish if you can handle it. But maybe you have a garden, or a friend with a garden, or know of a local farm that grows sweet potatoes and can bum some tips off of them. I recommend re-potting when there are roots on each slip that are 3-4 inches long, or just put the slip in water after twisting it off and it will shoot out roots, then it can be potted. ), heat 2 Tbsp. Which means you'll need to multitask. Very nice! We’d especially love to hear from you if you have any variations on this recipe that’ll turn an already cracking dish up a notch or two. I’m trying to convince my parents to do it, though, so I can harvest some good stuff when I come to visit :). Foodie Pro & The Genesis Framework. Place your chopped up sweet potatoes on a roasting tray, cover them with salt, pepper, cumin and fennel seeds. I haven’t seen sweet potato greens before. I’ll bet you can grow them in a big pot. my husband, who had prostate cancer years ago, went to a monthly group meeting last night and heard about sweet potato leaves as a possible ‘prevention’ of prostate cancer… just thought I would share that very intriguing bit of information..  This recipe sounds fabulous. What a interesting combination!

I’ve never tried something like that! Stir in soy sauce. Add in thin slices of the white parts and some of the green parts close to the white part. Add salt, pepper, ginger and chilli and give your chutney a good mix. Let it wilt a little then throw in the chopped coriander and lemon juice. I’ve sweet potato green for years. https://sites.google.com/site/wellbeanoutbakk/. When the oil is hot, add mustard seeds, dried chillies and curry leaves. If you don't get the size exactly right, it's fine (but keep an eye out since larger pieces will take longer to cook through, and smaller ones may shrivel and burn faster in the oven). This recipes picks up speed by calling for (slightly) wet greens. Lindsay! Add the potatoes and stir to coat the potatoes in the onion-tomato mixture. sweet potatoes like lots of sun. The recipe says to rotate the baking sheet halfway through to ensure that everything cooks evenly. Best of all, apart from shallots, I grow all the fresh ingredients at home. Mix well and cook for about 5 minutes till the tomatoes and the spices are cooked through. In NYC, they can be bought in Chinatown. http://therichvegetarian.com/2012/05/simplest-and-prettiest-turmeric-pickles/, https://sites.google.com/site/wellbeanoutbakk/. Drain the coconut (step two) and add it back to your bowl. They are my favorite in the summer season. Reserve a couple of curry leaves for garnish. Those sweet potatoes need to be peeled (or scrubbed super-thoroughly) and then cut into one-inch pieces. Next come the scallion slices. Excellent recipe! Just the tips or what? Required fields are marked *. Add the coconut milk and kale to the pot and stir. I used a 15 oz (by weight) can of coconut cream, which was about one and a half cups, and added water to make the full two cups. These will be a first for me. Put your desiccated coconut in a bowl and pour 150ml of boiling water over it. the sweet potato swill start shooting out “slips” which can even be separated(just gently twist off at the base where it connects to the potato) from the sweet potato and re-potted to make new sweet potato plants. Bring the curry to a boil and then cook covered for about 25-30 minutes, stirring occasionally until the potatoes are just tender. We grow sweet potato  and just tried this out for dinner.

How often can that be said about a leafy green? After 10 minutes add the lentils and diced sweet potatoes and ¾ tsp salt. ~800gms, peeled and cut into bite size chunks. No judgment if coconut isn't your thing, but also what?!