By Bornika Das
November 30, 2023
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Winter season is right around the corner and guess what, it's the season of fresh and delicious sweet potatoes or Shakarkandi. Even though these days sweet potatoes are available through the year depending on the farm produce, the freshest harvests are still made available during winter months. Take a look at the sweet potato recipes you can enjoy this season:
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Instead of regular old potato chips, you can have sweet potato chips that are tasty but also healthy. The sweet potatoes are thinly cut and then seasoned and either baked or fried until they turn golden brown.
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Shakarkandi chaat is an exquisite street food enjoyed in North India, from the streets of Punjab to Delhi. The star ingredient of this dish are roasted or fried sweet potato cubes which are then topped with spicy, sour chaat masala and other toppings.
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Sweet potato paratha is an excellent Indian flatbread which mixes sweet potato’s taste with a variety of spicy fragrances.
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Shakarkandi Gulgule is also known as sweet potato gulab jamuns in certain parts of India. Made from a mixture of grated sweet potatoes, gram flour, and aromatic spices, these gulgule are deep-fried to golden perfection.
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Sweet potato halwa has an exceptionally sweet and fulfilling taste that makes it an enjoyable Indian dessert.
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Sweet potato rabri or Shakarkandi Rabri is an Indian dessert with a twist on the traditional Rabri. It is made by cooking the sweet potatoes in milk and then adding condensed milk and cardamom powder for flavouring.
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You may have tasted plenty of Khichdi varieties, but have you ever tasted Shakarkandi Khichdi. The dish, which comprises sweet potato-flavored khichdi, tastes good and provides body sustenance for Indians.
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