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Recipes from Andalucia

By Nick Nutter

Sweet Potato and Spinach South African Curry

This vegetarian curry is hearty and warming. Just what you need on a cold winters night in December.

Sweet Potato and Spinach South African Curry

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cooking Time: 45 mins Total Time: 65 mins
Serves: 4 Difficulty: Easy Suitable for: Vegans

Ingredients

  • 60 ml olive oil
  • 1 onion peeled and chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves peeled and crushed
  • 10ml fresh grated root ginger
  • ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1 tbsp mild or medium curry paste
  • 350gm peeled sweet potato, cubed
  • 100ml passata or tomato triturado
  • 300ml vegetable stock
  • 225gm spinach leaves, roughly shredded
  • 225gm button mushrooms
  • 60ml peanut butter
  • 30ml coriander
  • Salt and pepper
  • Chopped coriander
  • Greek yogurt or Crème Fraiche to serve

Method

Heat 45ml of the olive oil in a saucepan, add the onion, garlic, ginger and cayenne and fry gently for 10 minutes. Add curry paste; cook stirring for 1 minute

Add the sweet potatoes, stir to coat with the onion mixture and fry for 3 – 4 minutes. Add the passata and stock. Bring to the boil and cover and simmer for 15 – 20 minutes until the potatoes are almost tender.

Meanwhile, add the remaining oil in a frying pan, add the mushrooms and stir-fry for 4 – 5 minutes until golden and beginning to release their juices. Add the potatoes with the shredded spinach and cook for a further 5 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.

Mix a few spoonsful of the stew juices with the peanut butter to soften it slightly then stir back into the p[an. Add the coriander, season and heat through.

Scatter plenty of the coriander over the top and serve at once with the Greek yoghurt or Crème Fraiche