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Spiced Sweet Potato Curry With Peas & Coconut Milk

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Ingredients

  • 500g sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1cm cubes
  • 4 banana shallots, peeled and quartered
  • 2 teaspoons ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1/2teaspoon ground turmeric
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt flakes (optional)
  • 1x 400g tin of coconut milk
  • 300ml boiling water
  • 150g frozen peas, defrosted
  • 100g red lentils
To Serve
  •  1-2 limes, juice only
  • A handful of fresh coriander, chopped 

Method

  1.  Preheat the oven to 210Cfan/210C fan/230C/gas 8.
  2. Put everything into the roasting tin, except the coconut milk, water, peas and lentils.
  3. Mix, then roast for 5 minutes. Add the coconut milk, water, peas and lentils, stir well and cook for a further 25 minutes, until the potatoes are cooked through. 
  4. Be careful opening the oven, as this dish will release quite a lot of steam.
  5. Once cooked, taste and adjust with lime juice and salt as needed, scatter over the fresh coriander and serve hot with rice or flatbreads.

Notes

  • For adults, add 1 teaspoon of chili powder when you roast the sweet potatoes, or finely chopped fresh red chilli at the end.