Tom Walton's veggie coconut & chickpea curry
Created by chef Tom Walton, this hearty vegetable curry is easy to put together and should be on the dinner table in less than an hour.
Ingredients
Tumeric paste
- 1/3 cup ground turmeric
- 1 thumb size knob fresh ginger peeled, roughly sliced
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp fresh ground black pepper
- 3 tbsp coconut or olive oil
- 1/3 cup water
Vegetable curry
- 2 tbsp coconut or olive oil
- 1 small brown onion finely diced
- ¼ small Kent pumpkin cut into large pieces
- 1 red capsicum cut into large pieces
- 2 zucchini cut into large pieces
- flaked salt and fresh ground pepper
- 2 tbsp turmeric paste
- 200 ml vegetable stock
- 300 ml coconut milk
- 1 x 400 tin chickpeas drained, rinsed
- Handful coriander roughly chopped
- Juice 1 lime
- Steamed rice natural yoghurt & papadums to serve
Instructions
- For the turmeric paste, combine all the ingredients into the Vitamix 600ml blending cup, screw on the base and blend on speed 2 then increase to speed 7-8 to form a smooth puree (about 30 seconds).
- Pour this into a small pot and cook over a medium heat for 5-7 minutes, whisking, to reduce and thicken then pour that into a jar or container, allow to cool and store in the fridge up to 1 month.
- For the curry, place a medium saucepan over a medium/high heat and add the onion, veggies and good pinch of salt. Cook this for 3-4 minutes, stirring often, then add the turmeric paste, stirring and cooking for 2 more minutes. Add the vegetable stock, coconut milk and simmer, covered for 7-8 minutes, until the veggies are cooked.
- Add the chickpeas and simmer uncovered for 2-3 minutes.
- Finish with the coriander, lime and serve with steamed rice, yoghurt and papadums if using.
Notes
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