Sweet Potato and Green Bean Curry in a coconut sauce

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Sweet potato is one of my favourite vegetables and in this recipe I add green beans and coconut milk  to make it interesting.  The sweetness of the potatoes with the coconut gravy makes this a perfect curry to have with Jeera rice.

Ingredients for 4 servings :

• 2 tbsps of cooking oil
• 1 onion
• 1-2 small chillies (green or red is fine)
• Small bunch of coriander
• 5cm piece of ginger
• 2-3 cloves of garlic
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp of coriander powder
• 1 tsp of cumin powder
• 400 mls tin of coconut milk
• ½ can of tomatoes
• 2 small sweet potatoes or 1 big one
• 100g of green beans
• 1 tbsp of cornflour (optional only needed if the sauce isn’t thick)
• 1 tbls lemon juice
• 1 tbls brown sugar (optional)

Method:

1. Wash and chop the sweet potatoes. Peel them if you wish.  Wash and prepare the green beans by cutting the two ends and then cutting them into 3-4 pieces.  Chop the Onions finely and prepare the ginger by peeling and grating it, prepare the garlic by peeling it and blending  it using a garlic press.  For the chilies – just slice it into two so it’s easy to remove them at the end if you wish.

2. Heat the oil in a saucepan and add the cumin seeds. Once the cumin seeds go brown, add the chopped onions, chilies and allow to cook for 3-4 minutes.

3.  Add the coconut milk and keep stirring until it comes to a boil.

4.  Reduce heat and add the sweet potatoes, salt, turmeric, coriander and cumin powder, the ginger and garlic. Cook this for 5-6 minutes. Check if you need to add any extra water.

5.  Now add the tomatoes and green beans and allow to cook until both the beans and potatoes soften. If the sauce is very thin just mash a couple of pieces of the sweet potatoes and this will thicken the sauce. Once the sauce is of the right consistency, add the lemon juice and sugar and taste.

6. Garnish with coriander and curry leaves and serve it hot with rice or Naan bread.

Here are some more curry recipes you may wish to  try out:

• Potato and Onion Curry
• Cluster Bean curry
• Cluster beans and Potato Curry
• Dry stir fry potatoes and nuts

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