Name: Yam / orange fleshed sweet potato chaat {updated}
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: 5 yams/ orange fleshed sweet potato; 2 bananas; 3 tbsp date and tamarind chutney (can be substituted with lemon juice but tamarind chutney tastes better); 2 tbsp dried cranberries; 1/4 cup orange juice; 1/4 tsp salt or to taste; 1/2 tsp (+) chaat masala; 1/4 tsp(+) roasted cumin powder; 1 tbsp mint leaves, thinly cut; Date and Tamarind chutney; Ingredients; 1/4 cup tamarind; 1/2 cup dates, chopped; 1/2 tsp saunth (dry ginger powder); 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1 tsp red chilli powder; 1 tsp salt

Ingredients

5 yams/ orange fleshed sweet potato
2 bananas
3 tbsp date and tamarind chutney (can be substituted with lemon juice but tamarind chutney tastes better)
2 tbsp dried cranberries
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 tsp salt or to taste
1/2 tsp (+) chaat masala
1/4 tsp(+) roasted cumin powder
1 tbsp mint leaves, thinly cut
Date and Tamarind chutney
Ingredients
1/4 cup tamarind
1/2 cup dates, chopped
1/2 tsp saunth (dry ginger powder)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp salt

Preparation

Preparation15 min

Waiting time20 min

Cook time20 min

Method:

Soak cranberries in orange juice for 1 hour or overnight.

Bake, boil or microwave yams till tender but not mushy. Let it cool by itself or dunk them in ice cold water.

Peel and cut them into bite size pieces.

Put them in a large bowl. Slice the bananas and place them sweet potatoes.

Add all the remaining ingredients including orange juice soaked cranberries.

Gently toss or mix with salad spoon.

Sweet potato chaat is ready to be served.

Date and tamarind Chutney

Soak tamarind in 1 cup hot water.
Remove seeds and strain the pulp in a steel saucepan. add some water to fully squeeze out the pulp.
Chop dates and add it to the tamarind pulp. Add 1/2 cup water and bring it to a boil.
Reduce heat and let it simmer. Add the remaining ingredients. Cook till the dates get softened.
Remove from heat and let it cool for 5 minutes.
Blend the chutney with an immersion hand blender or in a stand blender till you get the desired consistency (its ok if there are any small pieces of dates left). Add more water if you like it thin.
Transfer in a glass bottle. You can keep this chutney for about a month in the fridge.