Cardamom Mashed Sweet Potatoes

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What you see is what you get but the cardamom is a nice surprise. The recipe is from the world food cafe in london (uk). They offer a sweet pepper relish with it but i'd prefer thinly sliced sweet peppers in a sweet sour vinaigrette. For vegetarians this is fine as a main dish but i can see this as a nice side dish for roast lamb or even chicken. I have altered the recipe slightly to my taste and if you want to go vegan use vegetable oil instead of butter. I find adding the honey too sweet but taste and decide. Also, i prefer white pepper in combination with cardamom. It's your call. Do not use canned peas. That would be horrible. Apparently the recipe originated in tanzania on a visit to a game reserve. The cook was creatively catering to a vegetarian.

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Steps

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Boil the potatoes until tender.

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Drain.

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Cook the corn briefly by steaming no more than 3 minutes.

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Add the spinach in the last minute or so.

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Drain water and remove from heat.

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Melt the butter and saute the onions slowly until caramelized.

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Mash the potato and season with cardamom , salt and pepper to taste.

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Stir in the onions.

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Then add the other vegetables and honey.

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You may also add more butter.

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Ingredients

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sweet potatoes, corn kernels, spinach, butter, onion, ground cardamom, salt and pepper, honey, snap peas