Sweet Potato Chickpea And Eggplant Hotpot Recipes

SWEET POTATO, CHICKPEA AND EGGPLANT HOTPOT

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan on medium and cook onion for 5 minutes until softened and then add garlic, chilli and paprika, and cook for 1 minute till fragrant.
• Stir sweet potato through, eggplant, tomato passata and 2 cups of water and bring to the boil and then let simmer for 15 minutes until sweet potato is just tender and then add chickpeas and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Stir through parsley and serve with crusty bread.

SWEET POTATO, PEPPER AND EGGPLANT BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200 C or 400 degrees F.
• Cut one of the onions into large chunks.
• Put four tablespoons of the oil into a large roasting dish and add in the onion, sweeet potatoes, eggplant and pepper.
• Mix to coat in the oil and bake for 30 minutes, turning halfway through the baking.
• Meanwhile, roughly chop the other onion and heat the rest of the oil in a frying pan.
• Fry the onion for a few minutes, until soft, then add the garlic, spices and tomatoes.
• Cook for five minutes.
• Stir in the stock and chickpeas, as well as any sugar, salt and tabasco sauce, to taste.
• Take the veggies out of the oven, pour the spiced tomato mixture over top and mix well.
• Lower the oven temperature to 190 C or 375 F and bake for another 20-30 minutes, until the veggies are cooked.
• Stir halfway through baking.
• Just before serving, stir in the fresh cilanto and top each plate with a spoonful of sour cream.
• Serve with rice or bread.