If you enjoy baked potatoes then you will definitely enjoy this Healthy Mexican Baked Sweet Potato.
These are filled with bean, corn, capsicums and topped with sour cream. I loved how the sweetness of potatoes is balanced with the spicy filling.
Sweet Potatoes are rich in Vitamin C and B. They are also rich in nutrients like iron, calcium and selenium.
Baked Sweet Potato Recipe.
Serves 3
Ingredients:
Potato-3
Shredded Carrot
Shredded Cabbage
Sour curd(optional)
For the bean Mixture
Cooked Black Bean-1/2 cup
Green Capsicum-1/2 cut into cubes
Yellow Capsicum-1/2 cut into cubes
Onion-1/2 finely cut
Tomato-1/4 diced
salt
Boiled corn-1/4 cup
Taco Seasoning-1 & 1/2 tbsp
Paprika 2tsp
oil-2tsp
Method:
Pre heat oven for 10 minutes at 180 degree.
Wash and Clean the sweet potatoes throughly.
Use fork to make some holes on the potatoes. By doing this it will make the potatoes to cook easily and also it won’t burst while baking.
place the potatoes in the baking tray and Bake for 30 minutes at 180 degree or until they are soft and tender.
In a pan add 2 tsp of oil and once is it hot add finely cut onions and fry till they are translucent. Add tomato and saute till tomatoes are soft.
Add salt and then add capsicums to the same. Fry for 3 minutes on high flame.
once the capsicums are soft and yet crisp add black bean, corn, paprika, taco seasoning and combine everything well till fragrant.
add 1-2 tbsp of water if the mixture is too dry. once everything is cooked well check salt and turn of. the flame, set aside.
Place the baked potato in a bowl and slit open in the center, loosen the potato by mashing.
Add the required bean mixture and top it with shredded cabbage and carrot.
Add a dollop of sour cream on the top and enjoy it.
Note: Make the bean mixture spicy then usual because the potato would be bland.
You can use various other methods to cook the potatoes. It need not be baked necessarily. You can pressure cook them or microwave them too.
It has to be cooked and soft in the inside.
Add salt while cooking your bean and corn.
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