Root Vegetables

• Honey-Cinnamon Carrots
• Marinated Sweet Potato
• Stir-Fried Pumpkin (호박 붜음)

Honey-Cinnamon Carrots

Ingredients

• 500g / 1lb carrots
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 tsp minced garlic
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ginger
• pinch of salt and pepper

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180C / 350F.
2. Cat carrots into sticks.
3. Mix all other ingredients well and toss through carrots.
4. Bake for 30 minutes.

Notes

Serves 4.

Marinated Sweet Potato

Ingredients

• 1 sweet potato
• 1 cup water
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp rice wine (mirin)
• 2 tbsp rice syrup or honey
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp sesame seeds

Method

1. Peel and dice the sweet potato.
2. Add the potato to a saucepan with water, soy sauce, wine, sugar, and syrup.
3. Bring it to the boil and then simmer for 20-30 minutes until te sauce has evaporated.
4. Sprinkle with sesame seeds to serve.

Stir-Fried Pumpkin (호박 붜음)

Ingredients

• 1/2 butternut pumpkin or equivalent
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp minced garlic
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp sesame seeds

Method

1. Slice pumpkin into thin (1/2cm) bite-sized pieces, place in strainer with salt, and sit for 30 minutes.
2. Rinse the pumpkin and stir-fry in sesame oil along with all other ingredients until it is soft, stirring regularly so that it doesn't burn.