sweet and spicy

This probably is a good side dish for steak or anything with meat, just like mashed potato. I bought one huge sweet potato, and it was suppose to be make for some Indonesian dessert that consisting sweet potato but I used it for a change to mashed potato.

Spicy Mashed Sweet Potato



Peeled sweet potato -- freshly baked from the oven.


Makes 2

1 bird's eye chili, sliced
1 garlic, chopped
1 sweet potato
1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
pepper

1. Heat the oven to 400°F. Use baking dish and bake unpeeled sweet potato for 1 hour. If for 1 hour the sweet potato is still not soft, bake for another 15-20 minutes.
2. Using a heatproof bowl, pour olive oil and mix with garlic and chili. Heat it up to 5-7 minutes using a conventional oven until the garlic is roasted.
3. Let the sweet potato cool down for a little while before you peel it. Then, mashed it and pour the garlic oil and mix.
4. Put some black pepper on top of the mashed sweet potato and serve.

Adapted from the complete book of hot & spicy asian cooking by Vicki Liley