Chickpea and sweet potato cakes with green bean and mint salad

1.Cook sweet potato in boiling salted water for 10 minutes or until tender. Drain well. Using a potato ricer or masher, mash until smooth, add chickpeas, flour and spices and season to taste with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Mould ¼-cupfuls of potato mixture into rounds and place on a tray. Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a large frying pan over medium heat and cook cakes (flattening slightly with a spatula) for 3 minutes on each side or until golden. Keep warm.

2.For raita, combine ingredients and season to taste.

3.For bean and mint salad, blanch beans in boiling salted water. Drain well and place in a bowl. Add mint and sprouts, drizzle with oil and lemon juice and season to taste. Serve cakes with raita and bean and mint salad.