Sweet Potato Salad With Lime Pickle and Cashews

By Melissa Clark

Sweet Potato Salad With Lime Pickle and Cashews
Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times
Total Time
30 minutes
Rating
4(181)
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Melissa Clark calls for homemade mayonnaise in this richly flavored yet light salad. It’s an easy task and well worth doing — but if working with raw eggs makes you squeamish, Hellmann’s or Duke’s are fine stand-ins. Lime pickle can be found in the South Asian food section of the supermarket. It is spicy, so use a light hand when adding it to the mayonnaise.

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Ingredients

Yield:6 servings
  • Salt
  • 1½pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and diced into 1-inch pieces
  • 6tablespoons lime pickle mayonnaise
  • 2scallions, thinly sliced
  • 2tablespoons chopped cilantro plus whole cilantro leaves for garnish
  • ½cup chopped roasted, salted cashews.
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Nutritional analysis per serving (6 servings)

264 calories; 16 grams fat; 3 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 6 grams monounsaturated fat; 8 grams polyunsaturated fat; 27 grams carbohydrates; 4 grams dietary fiber; 6 grams sugars; 4 grams protein; 339 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add the sweet potatoes and cook until just tender, about 10 minutes. Drain and cool.

  2. Step 2

    In a large bowl, mix together the mayonnaise, scallions and cilantro. Add the sweet potatoes and cashews and gently stir to mix. Garnish with cilantro leaves and serve.

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Scott S.

The recipe is not at all clear to me, how much lime pickle do I add to how much mayo?

Julija

Had to dig up my old print copy to find the lime pickle mayo recipe. Make 1 recipe of the Mayonnaise (Melissa Clark’s) that’s on this app (which yields 1 cup if you’re using store bought) then stir in 2 Tbsp finely chopped lime pickle. This is one of my favorite potato salad recipes of all time!

bacongougere

This has been our interesting-ready-for-a-change-from-regular-potato-salad go-to for some time. LOVE the balance of flavors. Lime pickle is easy to find in our local grocery store (Kroger-owned). I tend to increase the cilantro and nuts. Excellent in a Nicoise variation with paired with a curried tuna salad using candied ginger and pecans.

Joan SF

I just made this. More depth than you'd think with a few ingredients. I used Pakak's Lime Pickle. It reminds me of preserved lemon I had growing up in Hawaii Thank you reader Julija for posting the mayo recipe. I used a scant cup of Trader Joe's mayo. I'd prolly use even less mayo for the 1.3 lb Sweet Diane potato I got from Berkeley Bowl. Looking forward to tomorrow when the flavors come together. Next time, I'll try a combination of mayo and yogurt for more tang, and more cashews.

ztree

We didn't have lime pickles so we used hot sweet pickles & a whole lime (chopped flesh and zest) and sumac- fantastic!

Darwin

Used ginger pickle and a little lime juice. What I had

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