Recipe - Spicy Vegetable And Coconut Curry

4 tablespoon Sunflower oil
1 Bay leaf
1 Cinnamon stick; halved
2 Onions; finely chopped
350 g Baby new potatoes
175 g Small cauliflower florets
100 g Baby carrots
100 g Baby parsnips
2 Green chillies; halved and
seeded
1 2 One half cm pie fresh root
ginger; peeled
2 Garlic cloves
1 200 gram can chopped
tomatoes
1 Heaped tsp each ground
turmeric; coriander and
cumin
1 400 gram can coconut milk
25 g Each flaked almonds and
sultanas
1 teaspoon Black mustard seeds
350 g Cooked white rice
1 pack Microwave poppadoms
2 Heaped tbsp chopped fresh
coriander
Salt and freshly ground
pepper

1 Heat a wok or saute pan, add half the oil, the bay leaf and cinnamon and
cook for 30 seconds, stirring. Add two thirds of the onions and cook for 5
minutes over a high heat.

2 Add the potatoes, cauliflower, carrots and parsnips to a large pan of
boiling water and simmer for 5 minutes until just tender. Chop up the
chillies, ginger and garlic and place in a food processor or blender with
the tomatoes. Whizz until smooth.

3 Add the turmeric, coriander and cumin to the onion mixture and cook for
another minute, stirring. Season generously. Pour in the coconut milk and
allow to bubble down, stirring, then tip in the tomato mixture and stir
until well mixed and slightly reduced.

4 Strain the vegetables and add them to the pan. Bring to a simmer, then
leave for 810 minutes or until they are are tender. Heat a separate wok or
frying pan. Add the remaining oil and fry the rest of the onions over a
high heat for a few minutes, stirring.

5 Add the almonds and stirfry until golden, then tip in the mustard seeds
and stirfry for 30 seconds until they pop. Add the rice and sultanas and
stirfry for another 23 minutes until tender, season.

6 Cook the poppadoms according to manufacturers instructions. Stir the
coriander into the rice and then arrange some on a serving plate. Spoon
over some of the curry and serve at once.

7 For the Poppadom Baskets: Place a small amount of baking beans on a
square of greaseproof paper in the centre of the poppadom. Place on kitchen
paper in a microwave on high for 45 seconds. When cool, fill with rice.

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