My first attempt at a vegan curry recipe

I love Indian food. From what I know a good portion of (real) Indian food is made up of vegan recipes anyway.

(By real I mean the non-westernised version)

This is a satisfying vegan dhal recipe that won’t make you feel bloated (unless you get carried away eating it!)

Ingredients (serves 4)

• 2 red onions
• 1 large sweet potato
• 500-900g fresh spinach (depending on how much you like spinach)
• 6-7 cloves of garlic
• About a 2 inch thumb of ginger
• 200g red lentils
• 600ml of veg stock or water
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Oil for frying
• 2 tbsp ground cumin
• 2 tbsp ground coriander
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 1 tsp turmeric
• Chilli powder (optional, if you like some heat)

Equipment

• Knife
• Chopping board
• Cooking pot
• Hob to cook on
• Either a fine cheese grater or an immersion blender (handheld blender). If you don’t have these a knife works fine so long as you can mince with a knife.
• Veg peeler
• Small pot

Prep (15-20 minutes)

1. Finely dice the onion
2. Peel and dice the sweet potato into about 2-3cm pieces
3. Peel the garlic and ginger to make a garlic and ginger paste
4. Make a curry paste by putting all the dry spices in a small pot with some salt, add a little water at a time, mixing until you gave a nice paste consistency, don’t worry if you add too much water and it’s a bit runny.
5. If the spinach isn’t already washed then wash it.

Cooking (25-30 minutes)

1. Heat some oil in a pan on a medium heat, add the onion and cook for about 5 minutes until soft.
2. Add the sweet potato and cook for another couple of minutes.
3. Add the curry paste you made from the dry spices. Mix well in the pan and cook for another few minutes.
4. Add the lentils and mix well, then add the stock/water and turn the heat up, as it begins to boil turn the heat down low and leave to simmer for 10-20 minutes (it depends on how big you cut the sweet potato). Be sure to keep an eye on it so you don’t end up with a pot of oniony curry mash.
5. When the sweet potato is about 2-3 minutes away from being ready add the spinach and stir through. Add salt/pepper to taste.
6. Serve with rice, bread, salad etc.

Let me know what you think

And there it is, my first ever vegan curry recipe.

I thought it came out alright, and i’m usually my own worst critic!

Until next time!