Sweet Potatoes and Carrots

Name: Sweet Potatoes and Carrots
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4-6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 500 g baby carrots; 500 g sweet potatoes; 1 teaspoon coriander powder; 1 teaspoon powdered cumin; 1 teaspoon whole cumin seed; 75 g butter; 1 tablespoon olive oil or 1 tablespoon sunflower oil; 1/4 cup clear honey; 2 tablespoons fresh parsley or 2 tablespoons coriander leaves, finely chopped

Submitted by Scots LassCairo

"This is a tasty way of cooking root vegetables. It can be served as a side-dish to accompany roast chicken, or can be topped with thick Greek yoghurt and served as a starter with warm bread"

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Ready In:: 1hr
Ingredients:: 9
Serves:: 4-6

ingredients

500 g baby carrots
500 g sweet potatoes
1 teaspoon coriander powder
1 teaspoon powdered cumin
1 teaspoon whole cumin seed
75 g butter
1 tablespoon olive oil or 1 tablespoon sunflower oil
¹⁄₄ cup clear honey
2 tablespoons fresh parsley or 2 tablespoons coriander leaves, finely chopped

directions

Wash and trim the carrots. It should not be necessary to peel the carrots. Peel the sweet potatoes and slice thickly.
Put carrots and potatoes into a large saucepan, cover with water and boil uncovered for 5 minutes. Drain the vegetables in a colander.
Mix the honey, butter, oil and spices in a bowl. Put the vegetables into a baking dish.
Set the oven to 220C.
Brush the vegetables with the butter mixture.
Bake for about 25 minutes until tender, basting the vegetables with the remainder of the butter mixture.
Sprinkle the cooked vegetables with chopped parsley or coriander leaves and serve.

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I'm always looking for new recipe ideas for vegetables so thought I'd give this a go. I've done honeyed carrots before but never thought of adding sweet potato too. I left out the cumin seeds as I didn't have any but otherwise made as directed. Went well with our roast lamb dinner. Thanks!

Mandy