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Creamy Lentil-Stuffed Sweet Potato Medley

Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 3

Ingredients

  • 3 Large Sweet Potatoes preferably of different variants
  • ¾ cup yellow lentils
  • Half a large red onion
  • 5 cloves of garlic
  • ½ tsp whole cumin seeds
  • ½ tsp white pepper
  • 2 tbsp curry powder
  • 2 tbsp fermented bean paste taucu + 2 tbsp chili bean paste
  • substitute with ¼ cup of tomato paste if not available
  • 3 tbsp sour cream + 1 tbsp water
  • Small handful of cilantro leaves

Instructions

  1. Steam the sweet potatoes until cooked through.

  2. Mince the garlic and onion and prepare mise en place.

  3. Sweat the garlic and onion until soft and lightly caramelized.

  4. Add the spices and bean pastes.

  5. Add in the rinsed lentils.

  6. Pour in enough water to just cover the mixture and braise.

  7. Halve the sweet potatoes and run a fork through the middle.

  8. Heap the lentils onto the middle, drizzle with diluted sour cream and scatter with cilantro leaves.