Sweet Potato & Kale Curry with Cashews
 
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Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 3-4 tablespoons macadamia oil
  • 600 g sweet potatoes
  • 1 aubergine (approximately 350 g)
  • 150 g cashews (activated, if you prefer)
  • 1 fresh red chilli (medium heat)
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 red onions
  • 1 piece ginger (approx. 2 cm x 4 cm in size)
  • 1 small bunch coriander or parsley
  • 1 tablespoon ground cumin
  • 2 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 4 teaspoon curry powder
  • 1 teaspoon chilli flakes
  • ½ tsp ground turmeric
  • 6 plum tomatoes
  • 100 g kale, de-stalked and chopped
  • 1-2 tablespoons water if needed during cooking
  • Sea salt
  • 1 fresh lime, sliced into halves/wedges
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat the oven to 200°C.
  2. Peel and cut sweet potatoes into chunks (of approximately 3 cm x 3 cm). Pop them into a large bowl and coat lightly and evenly with macadamia oil. Turn them out onto a large foil-lined roasting tray.
  3. Chop the aubergine into similar sized chunks before coating lightly and evenly with macadamia oil then adding them to the roasting tray with the sweet potatoes.
  4. Roast the aubergine and sweet potatoes for 30-35 minutes, until cooked through and starting to colour.
  5. Meanwhile, peel and slice the red onions.
  6. Finely slice the coriander or parsley stalks, reserving the leaves for garnishing later.
  7. De seed and slice the red chilli.
  8. Peel and crush the garlic.
  9. Grate the ginger.
  10. Place a large, deep frying pan (one that has a lid- it will be used later) on the stove top set to medium heat. Tip the cashews in and toast them until golden and starting to brown a little. Tip them into a bowl and leave to one side.
  11. Place the same pan back on the stove top set to medium-low heat. Add 1 tbsp macadamia oil and followed by the onions, coriander/parsley stalks, chilli, garlic and ginger and fry everything for 5 minutes until starting to soften.
  12. Add the dry spices to the pan, with a little more macadamia oil if necessary and continue to fry the onion and spice mix for another 3-5 minutes.
  13. Roughly chop the tomatoes and add them to the pan (with a tablespoon of water if needed). Bring to the boil before reducing to a simmer. Pop the pan lid on but leave it slightly ajar and cook for 15-20 minutes.
  14. When the roasted vegetables are done, remove them from the oven and add them to the curry, along with the chopped kale, the cashews and a tablespoon of water if needed. Pop the lid back on and cook the curry for a further 10 minutes on a low heat.
  15. Taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary using salt. Sprinkle with fresh coriander/parsley leaves and serve with lime wedges (a squeeze of fresh lime ads a lovely zing) and quinoa cooked with vegetable stock.
Recipe by at https://www.threesilverspoons.com/sweet-potato-kale-curry-cashews/