Danielle Alvarez's Roasted sweet potatoes with tamarind, peanut and lime

Think of this as the crazy cousin of the baked potato.

INGREDIENTS

• 1kg small/medium sweet potatoes
• olive oil

Tamarind dressing

• 30g tamarind paste
• 10g (2 tsp) honey
• 2g (½ tsp) ground cumin
• pinch of cayenne
• juice of ½ lime

Salad

• 60g peanuts (or swap for cashews, if allergic)
• 70g (about ½) cucumber, semi-peeled and diced
• 70g (3-4) radishes, diced
• 50g (about ¼) red onion, diced
• 20g (about ½) chopped green jalapeno, optional
• juice of ½ a lime
• olive oil

​To finish

• 3-4 tbsp tahini
• 1½ tbsp honey
• 2 tsp zaatar
• ​handful of coriander leaves

METHOD

1. Preheat the oven to 160C fan-forced (180C conventional). Prick the sweet potatoes several times with a fork and rub them with a little olive oil and salt. Place them on a baking tray lined with baking paper and roast for 40-60 minutes, or until they are soft all the way through.
2. While they are roasting, prepare your tamarind dressing and salad. For the dressing, combine all the ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
3. For the salad, toast the nuts in the oven for 7-10 minutes, or until golden brown and fragrant, then add them to a mixing bowl. Add the cucumber, radish, onion and chopped jalapeno, the lime juice and olive oil and a good pinch of salt. Toss to combine and set aside.
4. When the potatoes are completely soft, remove from the oven, place on a serving plate and cut a slit lengthwise through the centre. Squash the sweet potatoes to open them out, then drizzle with tahini and honey and add a good sprinkle of salt. Spoon the salad over the top then drizzle the dressing over everything. Finish with a sprinkle of zaatar and coriander leaves.

Serves 4 as a main or 6 as a side dish

This recipe is from episode three of Good Food's new TV show, Good Food Kitchen, screening on Channel 9 at 1pm on Saturday, October 23, or catch up on 9Now.