This Tangy Baked Sweet potatoes ( shakarkandi /ratale / ratalu chaat ) recipe is a healthy option of sweet potato fries. In winters when I come to Delhi the first thing I tasted on road side eatery was tangy sweet potatoes (shakarkandi ki chat). They made it in two ways –

Roasted sweet potatoes on charcoal or husk

or

Deep fried sweet potatoes

Then they season it nicely with lots of spices, lemon juice and add little mustard oil to give that pungent, prickly aroma, with the irresistible aftertaste. I really loved this sweet potato recipe and thought of making it little healthy. The roasted option was really good but it was very mushy and my kid said he would not eat it. The fried ones are not at all a good option.

I baked these sweet potatoes with little oil and salt and then seasoned it with some spices and it turned out very well. I hope you will enjoy this recipe

[ingredients title=”Ingredients”]

• ½ kg sweet potatoes
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1-2 teaspoon oil
• 2 teaspoon lemon juice (you can add it according to your taste)

For seasoning 

I make seasonings of two types (you can change the quantity according to your taste)

• ½ teaspoon red chili powder+1 teaspoon chat masala+ 1/2 teaspoon mustard oil (optional if you don’t like raw mustard oil flavour)
•                                                                                    OR
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon powder (dalchini powder)+1 teaspoon paprika  powder+ ½ teaspoon black pepper

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[directions title=”Directions”]

1.  Wash the sweet potatoes and peel it with the help of vegetable peeler
2. Cut it into small pieces
3. Put them in microwave safe bowl. Add oil and salt in it. Shove lid opened bowl in microwave on high power for 6 minutes
4. Add lemon juice and desired seasoning and serve it hot 

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Note

1. If you are on vrath just add black pepper for seasoning and add saindhanamak in place of normal salt
2. I had prepared this recipe at the time of vrath so the picture of this recipe contains black pepper seasoning