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Walnut Crusted Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes with an outer crust of walnuts. This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.

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Main Ingredients Sweet potatoes, Walnuts
Cuisine Fusion
Course Snacks and Starters
Prep Time 31-40 minutes
Cook time 1.30-2 hour
Serve 4
Taste Sweet
Level of Cooking Easy
Others Veg
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Ingredients list for Walnut Crusted Sweet Potatoes

  • 6 large Sweet potatoes
  • 1 cup Walnuts shelled
  • 1/4 cup Cornflour/ corn starch
  • 1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Black pepper powder
  • 1 tablespoon Castor sugar (caster sugar)
  • to taste Salt
  • to deep fry Oil

Method

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  1. Cook the sweet potatoes in boiling water till almost done. Drain and allow them to cool. Peel, cut into wedges and keep aside. Blend cornstarch in half a cup of water to make a thin batter. Grind walnuts to a coarse powder.
  2. Add cinnamon powder, pepper powder, castor sugar and salt and mix well. Spread out in a large plate. Dip potato wedges in cornstarch batter, then roll in walnut mix and refrigerate the same for an hour to give the crust some time to set.
  3. Heat sufficient oil in a kadai and deep-fry the walnut crusted potatoes till golden and crisp. Drain onto an absorbent paper and serve hot.

Nutrition Info

Calories 2094
Carbohydrates 244.7
Protein 30.5
Fat 110.5
Other Fiber 30.9gm