Sweet potato & pea curry

Sweet potato & pea curry

A fab, cheap, veggie curry, great for a student gathering. And the left overs will taste great the next day.

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Ready in 40 minutes
Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Heat the curry paste in a large pan and stir in the onion. Cover and cook for 5 mins, stirring occasionally, until softened. Add the potatoes, stock and coconut milk to the pan and bring to the boil.
  2. Turn the heat down and simmer the curry for 20 mins until the potato has softened. Add the peas, bring back to the boil and simmer for 2 mins more. Season to taste and spoon the curry into bowls. Scatter over the coriander before you tuck in.

Per serving

513 kcalories, protein 11g, carbohydrate 77g, fat 20 g, saturated fat 14g, fibre 10g, salt 1.46 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2005.

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  • 05 January 2010

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  • 13 February 2010

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  • 19 November 2010

    Sonia rated and commented on this recipe

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    This was a fantastic dish, i added spinach and red lentills which helped to thicken it a little, was truely delicious. I used new potatoes as that is all I had but will try next time with boiling potatoes as I think the texture would work better. My mouth is still watering from the flavour... My only other comment is that I uused madras curry paste which worked very well, but I would have liked to see a receipe for a curry paste so I had the option to make my own... And I agree with the other comment, please breing out a cook book

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  • 05 January 2011

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  • 09 March 2011

    Phantom rated and commented on this recipe

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    Have never had much luck with vegetable curries before but this was was really lovely!

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  • 30 June 2011

    Hsar rated and commented on this recipe

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    first time I cooked this I used a leftover can of coconut milk, I think it was about 275 ml and it was delecious. I just now made it again, this time using the correct amount of coconut milk, and now it tastes a little to sweet and coconutty for my taste. Also I had to thicken the sause with corn starch. So next time, less liquid, less coconut and maybe I'll try adding some chickpeas, I bet they work well too.

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  • 02 July 2011

    danicquinn rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This was quick, cheap and filling, but certainly not exciting (although perfectly pleasant). I used a Madras paste in anticipation of it not having much 'oomph' otherwise, and am glad I did so (it was a Patak's paste...def the best!). Next time I would use a little less stock and would increase the amount of sweet potato and slightly reduce the amount of 'normal' potato.

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  • 29 January 2012

    chefchipmunk rated and commented on this recipe

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    yummy basic recipe that I made to 'introduce' my unadventurous boyfriend to curry. quite plain but has the potential to be adapted such as adding spinach or chicken as suggested.

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    07 February 2012

    abz commented on this recipe

    Lovly...cheap...easy....kids lovd it....!

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  • 24 February 2012

    Nicola commented on this recipe

    I do love sweet potatoes. New thought of making it in a curry though ESPECIALLY one without any chicken. Try piri piri chicken with sweet potatoes. Now THOSE are amazing. http://bit.ly/student-recipes-piri-piri-chicken

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  • 06 March 2012

    Kate rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    love making this recipe as its so simple and you can use whatever left over veg you have lying around. i made it with green beans and some broccoli stems instead of peas and it tasted great, quite a mild flavour so i also added some extra curry paste. made it for my mum and she loved it too

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  • 28 September 2012

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  • 27 November 2012

    Kerry rated and commented on this recipe

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    Absolutely delicious. I'm already looking forward to the leftovers for lunch tomorrow!

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  • 22 January 2013

    Oxocube rated and commented on this recipe

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    I am forever making this curry and it's been a favourite of mine since I started at Uni. It's very quick and easy and always makes a lovely thick curry that acts as a fantastic evening meal. I often substitute a few things though as I never use coconut milk ( just add more stock) and I never use sweet potato and it still makes a lovely curry :) Well worth trying.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Ready in 40 minutes
Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp curry paste from a jar
  • 1 onion , finely chopped
  • 450g potatoes , cut into chunks
  • 2 large sweet potatoes (about 900g) cut into chunks
  • 600ml vegetable stock , from a cube is fine
  • 400ml can coconut milk
  • 175g frozen peas
  • small bunch coriander , roughly chopped
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Per serving

513 kcalories, protein 11g, carbohydrate 77g, fat 20 g, saturated fat 14g, fibre 10g, salt 1.46 g

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