Baked sweet potato Thai curry
Easy peasy, one pot, all in the oven. Yum.
Adapted from The Green Roasting Tin.
Makes 2 servings - double it to give you leftovers for the week.
Ingredients
500g sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1cm slices
1 red pepper, chopped into 2 cm cubes
1 stick of lemongrass, broken
5cm ginger, grated
2 cloves garlic, grated
1 large chilli, halved lengthways
1 x 400ml coconut milk, stirred
1 tbsp peanut butter (optional)
500ml boiling veg stock
3 tbs red curry paste
200g bag spinach
1 lime, juiced
25g fresh coriander leaves
To serve: some cooked quinoa or brown rice
Method
Preheat oven to 180C fan / 200C / gas 6.
Put sweet potatoes, red pepper, lemongrass, ginger, garlic, chilli, coconut milk, curry paste and stock into a deep roasting tin or casserole dish, then put in oven to cook, uncovered for 40 minutes.
Remove dish from oven. Stir in lime juice and spinach. Return to oven for 5 minutes.
Serve with quinoa or brown rice and a generous sprinkle of coriander.
If you get bored of the leftovers you can whizz it up into a soup!