Persian Inspired Salad With Sweet Potato And Spinach

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 cups spinach
• 1 sweet potato, sliced
• 1 cup garbanzo beans
• 1/4 cup dill
• 1/4 cup parsley
• 3 tablespoons spearmint
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, diced
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon ghee
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 4 garlic, stems chopped
• 1 tablespoon rose water
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 pinch saffron
• salt
• red pepper flakes
• yogurt (to garnish)
• pine nuts (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 microwave sweet potato until soft. run cold water over potato, while peeling skin off. set aside.
• 2 in a skillet, brown the onions and garlic in butter or ghee. then add sweet potato, garbanzo beans, rose water, hot pepper flakes, turmeric, saffron and salt.
• 3 let mixture cool then add dill, spearmint, parsley, garlic stems and spinach.
• 4 dress with some lemon juice and olive oil.
• 5 garnish with a dollop of yogurt and pine nuts.