Sweet Potato Curry

Recently I have decided to get into gardening as, obviously, I cook a lot (and especially a lot of vegetables!) So on my balcony I have a small herb garden and some vegetables growing, and I have become very obsessive over it! Every time I go out I worry about my plants and how they are faring - mainly because I leave my mum in charge of looking after them and.... lets just say she managed to kill a house cactus plant! So in this recipe i included some of the herbs I am growing in my garden (which was very exciting to do for the first time!)

This curry is meaty and filling and you can make it as hot or mild as you like!

Ingredients 

(serves 3) 

• 3tbs of tomato puree 
• 2 large tomatoes
• 1/2 a sweet long pepper 
• 1 can of kidney beans
• 70g of sweetcorn 
• 1 large sweet potato 
• 200ml of water 
• 1/2 a courgette 
• 1 1/2 tsp of garam masala 
• 1 1/2 tsp of cumin 
• 1/4 tsp of hot chilli powder (or more if you want it spicier) 
• 1 clove of garlic 
• 1/4 tsp of fresh ginger 
• 1 veg stock cube
• Optional: 1 onion 
• Optional: 1 carrot 
• Optioanl: 4 red chillies 
• Garnish: Basil (fresh from the garden!) 

Method 

1. Mix the water, tomato puree, garlic, ginger and stock cube together in a sauce pan on a high heat
2. Chop up all vegetables: sweet potato into cubes, peppers into small slices, tomatoes into small cubes, courgette into cube chunks (and also onion, carrots and chillies if using) 
3. When the water has boiled add all the chopped vegetables 
4. Put the lid onto the pot and let simmer for around 10mins 
5. Add the spices, beans and sweetcorn to the curry 
6. Put lid back on and let cook for around 30mins (or until the potato is soft) 
7. Dish up and serve - garnish with the basil