Air Fryer Sweet Potato Cubes

Quick, easy, flavorful, Air Fryer Sweet Potato Cubes are perfect for any meal. Serve it as a side dish or as a snack you would want to make it all the time.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 12

Total Time 17

Servings

Calories 54kcal

Author Gunjan

Ingredients

1 large sweet potato or 3 cups cubed (1/2 inch thickness)
1 tsp roasted or regular cumin powder (see notes)
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp chili powder or as per taste
1/2 tsp salt or as per taste
chopped cilantro (to garnish)

Instructions

Peel the sweet potato and cut them into two halves horizontally. Then, slice them vertically and then chop them horizontally into small cubes (about ½ inch cube size).
Combine the cubed sweet potatoes in a bowl along with cumin powder, garlic powder, salt and chili powder and mix them well with a spoon. Sprinkle little water on it with hands and mix again so that the spices coat well in each cube. (Just make slightly damp and not very wet).
Spoon it out in the air fryer basket in a single layer. (If not into oil free diet, then spray well with cooking spray). Attach the basket to the air fryer and turn it on at 400 degree for 12 minutes.
Once done, turn it off and detach the basket from the air fryer. Spoon it out in a serving bowl. Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve immediately.

Notes

How to make roasted cumin powder – warm a nonstick pan and add cumin seeds to it. Keep sautéing the seeds until you get the light aroma and the cumin seeds start to change its color. Turn it off and immediately remove from heat. Let it cool down a bit and grind or crush in the food processor or mortar and pestle.
However, you may use regular cumin powder from the store as well.
How to roast sweet potatoes in the oven - Pre-heat oven at 425-degree Fahrenheit and prepare a baking sheet with a parchment paper. In a bowl toss the cubes with all the spices very well. Sprinkle it with little water and mix again. Then, place them in the prepared baking sheet. If desired you may grease the sweet potatoes with cooking spray and place it in the middle rack of the preheated oven and bake for 25-30 minutes or until its soft from inside. Turn it off and take it out. Garnish and serve immediately.
This tastes best when served immediately. It may soften if kept for longer.
I used 1 large sweet potato which made about 3 cups cubed sweet potatoes.

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