Cook: 1 hour

Serves: 4

Using just 6 ingredients and requires very little cooking equipment and consequently not an abundance of washing up, it is most appealing and suitable for the student market. Coconut milk is widely available in all the supermarkets and will also fit into a weekly budget.

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Preheat the oven to 200°C/Gas mark 6.
Cut the sweet potato into 2 cm slices.
Mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl and season well.
Transfer to a 5 cm deep ovenware dish.
Bake for 1 hour or until the sweet potatoes are soft and golden.

Ingredients

Name: Simple coconut sweet potato bake
Cook time: 1 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 900g sweet potato, peeled 2 red onions, peeled and sliced 250ml coconut milk or coconut cream 2 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped Pinch of chilli flakes or ½ red chilli Salt and freshly ground black pepper – to taste