Roasted Yam with Spiced Chickpeas, Mango Slaw and Coconut Lime Cream
Vegan Comfort Food
Ingredients
Roasted Yam
- 2 large yams halved lengthwise
- Olive oil salt
Spiced Chickpeas
- 1 can chickpeas drained
- 1 tsp chili powder
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp smoked paprika
- Olive oil salt
Mango Slaw
- 1 ripe mango julienned
- Juice of 1 lime
- 2 tbsp chopped cilantro
- Pinch salt
Coconut-Lime Cream
- ½ cup thick coconut cream
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- ½ tsp lime zest
- 1 tbsp chopped cilantro
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Roast yams at 400°F until tender and caramelized (30–40 minutes).
- While the yams are roasting, toss chickpeas with spices and roast 20–25 minutes until slightly crisp.
- In a separate bowl, combine mango slaw ingredients, toss and chill.
- In another small bowl, whisk coconut cream mixture until smooth and seasoned.
- When yams are cool enough to touch, cut in half and fluff the cooked yam. Fill/top the split yams with spiced chickpeas chickpeas, top with mango slaw, and finish with coconut-lime cream.