Sweet Potato Curry

This sweet potato curry with spinach and chickpeas makes the perfect weeknight dinner for the whole family! It's super comforting, healthy, vegan, and it comes together in less than 30 minutes!

Course Entrées

Cuisine American

Diet Vegan, Vegetarian

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 25

Servings people

Calories 489kcal

Author Sina

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, cut into thin strips
2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
1 teaspoon finely chopped ginger
2 tablespoons red curry paste
1 teaspoon curry powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1 can chickpeas
1/2 cup vegetable broth
1 can full-fat coconut milk
1 teaspoon salt
2 sweet potatoes, cut into cubes (about 17 oz)
3 cups baby spinach
juice of one lime
basmati rice or brown rice
fresh cilantro
red pepper flakes (optional)

Instructions

Cook the rice according to the instructions on the package.
Peel the sweet potato and cut it into cubes.
Cut the onion into thin strips. Finely chop the garlic and the ginger.
Heat the olive oil in a large pan and sauté the onion for 2-3 minutes until it's translucent. Then add the ginger and garlic, red curry paste, turmeric, and curry powder. Stir and cook for 1 minute.
Then add the sweet potato cubes and cook them for 3 minutes on high heat. Stir frequently.
Add the coconut milk, the vegetable broth, the chickpeas, and the salt and cook for 20 minutes on medium heat until the sweet potato cubes are tender.
Add the spinach and cook for 1 minute or until wilted. Season with black pepper and lime juice. Serve over freshly cooked rice. Sprinkle with freshly chopped cilantro and red pepper flakes if you like.

Notes

The curry is relatively mild, which makes it perfect for kids or people who aren't into spicy food. If you want to make it spicier, just add more curry paste, curry powder, and red pepper flakes.
Make sure to use canned coconut milk for this recipe. It doesn't work with curry paste that comes in a carton (like almond milk) because it's way too thin.
If you're short on time, you could use ginger paste instead of freshly chopped ginger.
To ensure that the sweet potato cubes cook evenly, make sure they all have roughly the same size. I usually cut them into 1-inch cubes.

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