[CH] Curried sweet potato & spinach
Doug Irvine (dougandmarie@shaw.ca)
Fri, 24 Oct 2003 20:16:58 -0700
As Risa G and a few others are aware, Marie and I have been doing a
vegetarian kick for the past month or so. A nameless someone:-) nagged
me, because I have been silent for some time, so I thought that I had
better post what we had for dinner last night! Doug's meatless curry!
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 baseball sized onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
2 - 3 chile peppers chopped, I used super chiles
2 good sized roma tomatoes, peeled & chopped
2 sweet potatoes, peeled, cut into chunks and steamed
1 cup cooked spinach, chopped
1 19oz can chickpeas, drained & rinsed, to get out the salt
1 - 2 tsps good madras curry powder
salt & freshly ground black pepper to taste
In a fairly heavy pan, dump in a couple of tbls of olive oil, add the
onion, garlic, peppers, and simmer until onion transparent.Sprinkle the
curry powder and salt & pepper. Add the tomatoes, and when the liquid
has come out of the tomatoes, add the chick peas and the steamed sweet
potato, and a little water or chicken stock. Simmer this until all the
flavors have melded. Add the spinach. If you have garam masala, sprinkle
in about one tsp and some chopped scallions. Serve with thai rice, and a
tossed salad, for a filling and satisfying meal, fit for a chile-head!
As a lot of you are aware, I have posted a lot of hot and spicy meat
recipes which I have devised, over the years, so now I guess I have to
try and equal that with my hot veggie meals. In truth, we have not
missed meat at all, still have fish a couple of times a week, but every
other meal is veggie. NOT vegan, however! Cheers, Doug in BC