Name: Curried Sweet Potato with Warm Paratha Bread
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 1/2 small onion, diced; 1/2-1 teaspoon red curry paste, to taste; 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin; 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 large sweet potato (about 10 ounces), unpeeled, cut into small dice; 3/4 cup nonfat milk, or more at needed; 1/2 cup nonfat plain yogurt; 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice; Salt and black pepper; 2 whole-grain paratha breads, warmed

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Curried Sweet Potato with Warm Paratha BreadCookbook cover image courtesy of Random House

Sweet potato curry puffs are a popular Singaporean street food. Slather this luscious curry-spiked sweet potato purée on warm whole-grain paratha bread if you can find it. If not, use whole-grain pita bread instead.

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