Love Trails Kitchen: Matt's Sweet Potato Rostis with Salsa and Lime Yoghurt Dressing
These delicious and nutritious sweet potato rostis are the perfect accompantment to poached eggs. Paired with a fresh salsa and zinging lime yoghurt dressing, this simple reicpe makes for the perfect post-run brunch.
Sweet potatoes are nutrient and calorie dense. Making them ideal fuel for your next running adventure. They contain beta-carotene and vitamin A which are responsible for maintaining eye health, protecting against sun damage, and supporting a strong immune system.
Serves 2. This recipe makes enough for two portions.
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Making Your Sweet Potato Rostis
Ingredients
1 medium sweet potato
2 carrots
2 spring onions
1 eggs
30g of oats
Half a lemon
Half teaspoon of pepper
Sprinkle of salt
1 teaspoon of Toasted ground cardamon
Half teaspoon of ground paprika
Method
Step 1: Grate the carrots and sweet potato into a large bowl. Drain all the excess water for them to become a dry consistency.
Step 2: Add into the bowl the oats and egg and start to mix by hand. The chop the spring onions finely and add these to the mix.
Step 3: Add in the remainder of the seasoning and dry spices and mix well. Then shape into round discs and leave in the fridge for 30mins.
Step 4: Lightly fry the rostis within a frying pan for 5mins on each side.. (i recommend to use rapeseed oil for cooking) Then place these in the oven on a medium heat for 15mins.
Fresh Salsa
Ingredients
1 yellow or orange pepper
1 small onion
1 beef tomato
1 large garlic clove
1 bunch of chopped coriander
Half a lemon
2 small chillies to taste
Method
Step 1: Finely chop the garlic, onion and pepper then add to a food processor. Blitz slightly so it doesn't become a mush.
Step 2: Chop the tomato into small chunks and add to the mix in the food processor
Step 3: Finally add in the chopped coriander and squeeze half a lemon for that zestyness. Add 2 chillies for that final kick (3 if you are feeling brave)
Lime Yoghurt Dressing
Ingredients
4 tablespoons of natural yoghurt
Squeeze of lime juice
Small handful of lime zest
1 teaspoon of ground cardamon
Method
Step 1: Add the yoghurt to the bowl, add the ground cardamon, lime zest.
Step 2: Finally add in the lime juice to suit your palette.
To Serve
Step 1: Add some fresh lettuce leaves and cucumber onto a plate to make a bed, add the yoghurt dressing and then place 2 Rostis to sit in the centre of the dish.
Step 2: Dollop a good couple of teaspoons of salsa overt the top of the potato rostis
Step 3: Poach 1 egg per serving (with a runny yolk), and place this on top of the rostis along with a squeeze of lemon
Step 4: Finally garnish the dish with some chopped coriander and add a sprinkle of ground black pepper.
Thanks for following along, we hope you like this recipe and give it a go :)
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