afoona
Sweet Carrot and Sweet Potato Tzimmes
vegetables

Sweet Carrot and Sweet Potato Tzimmes

A sweet, traditional stew of carrots and sweet potato in honey and orange - a Jewish classic for Shabbat and holidays

⏱ 1 hr🍽 4 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona
⚖ Pareve🥬 Vegetarian🌾 Gluten-free🍎 Rosh Hashanah
Versions:Original🌱 Vegan

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Peel the carrot and sweet potato and cut into slices.
    PeelerKnifeCutting board
  2. 2
    Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveLarge pot
  3. 3
    Add the carrot and cook 5 minutes, stirring, until it starts to soften.
    Stove
  4. 4
    Add the sweet potato and fry another 3 minutes.
    Stove
  5. 5
    Add the honey, orange juice, orange zest, cinnamon, cardamom and salt and bring to a boil.
    Stove
  6. 6
    Lower the heat, cover and cook 30–35 minutes.
    StoveLid
  7. 7
    Uncover and cook another 10 minutes without the lid over high heat, until the liquid thickens.
    Stove
264calories
3 gprotein
43 gcarbs
7 gfat
● protein 5%● carbs 69%● fat 26%

Per serving (283 g), of 4 servings

A button hides that part of the recipe, in print too. Another click brings it back. The choice is kept for this recipe.

⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Large pot · Also works: Pot (Cook in two batches)
  • Lid · Also works: Aluminum foil (tight aluminum foil) · Plate (an upside-down plate)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Peeler · Also works: Paring knife (Wastes more of the fruit, slow)

By the steps, as the recipe is built now: another version or addition can change the list.

🧩 Built from…

Braised Vegetables

🧩 Another 16 recipes based on Braised Vegetables

PeasPeas in Tomato SauceOrache Leaf and Tomato StewCabbage Braised with Tomatoes and SpicesLeeks Braised in Lemon Butter SauceGreen Lubia in Tomato SauceAnginara with Lemon and GarlicArtichokes in Lemon-Garlic SauceTzimmes – Sweet Carrots with Raisins and PotatoesBalsamic Caramelized ShallotsMoroccan PotatoesEnginaras

And 8 more. All of them on the generics map: /lab/en/map/

🛒 Shopping list