Spicy sweet potato salad, or Shakarkandi Chaat, is a popular Indian street food during the winter. Made with grilled or boiled sweet potatoes, this spicy and fragrant salad is best served warm, often sold by street vendors in New Delhi and throughout the north of the country. Quick and simple, it combines the natural sweetness of sweet potatoes with the heat of chili peppers, the acidity of lemon juice, and the fragrance of chaat masala . It is a vegetarian, filling, and gluten-free dish, enjoyed both as a snack (in India) and as a light side dish. Spicy sweet potato salad perfectly exemplifies the art of Indian cuisine: transforming humble ingredients into a dish bursting with flavor. This recipe is ideal for winter but enjoyable all year round. Easy to customize, it can be prepared in minutes. A must-try for discovering authentic Indian street food.

Spicy Indian Sweet Potato Salad

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Preparation time 10 mins Cooking time 15 mins Total time 25 mins

Difficulty: Beginner Servings: 4

Cooking method: Traditional Recipe themes: Vegetarian

Ingredients

Servings

• 600g sweet potatoes
• 1 finely chopped red onion
• 1 diced tomato
• 1 chopped green pepper (I used 1/2 green pepper)
• 1 tsp chaat masala (or a mixture of coriander, cumin, chili, pepper, dried mango, fennel seeds, ginger, cardamom)
• 1 lime juice
• Salt to taste
• Chopped fresh coriander

Preparation

1. Peel and cut the sweet potatoes into cubes and cook them in water or in the oven until tender (about fifteen minutes in boiling water).
   
2. In a salad bowl, add the onion, tomato and chili pepper.
   
3. Add the sweet potato pieces and mix.
   
4. Season with chaat masala, lemon juice and salt.
   
5. Sprinkle with fresh coriander and serve warm or at room temperature
   

Keywords: Gluten-free Indian recipe, Indian snack, Delhi street food, sweet potato salad, traditional Indian cuisine.

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