• Recipe by Claire Ferrandi

    Ginger, tomato and sweet potato curry with prawns

    Serves: 4
    Cooking Time: 45 minutes

    Ingredients

    • 4 (about 1 kg) medium sweet potatoes, scrubbed clean and cubed
    • 200g butter
    • 100ml olive oil
    • salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
    • 350g vine tomatoes
    • 4 garlic cloves, peeled and finely grated
    • 15ml (1 tbsp) ground turmeric
    • 30ml (2 tbsp) ground coriander
    • 30ml (2 tbsp) ground cumin
    • 2 lemongrass stalks, finely grated
    • 5cm piece ginger, peeled and finely grated
    • 10ml (2 tsp) dried chilli flakes
    • 2 x 400g tins Italian whole cherry tomatoes
    • 1 x 400ml tin coconut milk
    • 15ml (1 tbsp) honey
    • 30ml (2 tbsp) fish sauce
    • juice of 2 limes
    • 400g prawns, defrosted and cleaned
    • handful fresh coriander leaves, roughly chopped
    • handful fresh basil leaves
    • lime wedges, to serve

    Instructions

    1

    Preheat the oven to 180°C. Place the sweet potato cubes in a roasting tray, dot with 100g of the butter and sprinkle with 30ml (2 tbsp) of the olive oil. Season and roast until soft, 35 minutes.

    2

    Place the vine tomatoes in a roasting tray and drizzle with another 30ml (1 tbsp) of the olive oil. Season well and roast until slightly charred, 30 minutes.

    3

    Heat the remaining olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Fry the garlic, turmeric, coriander, cumin, lemongrass, ginger and chilli flakes, 3 minutes. Add the tinned tomatoes and allow to simmer, 10 minutes. Add the coconut milk, honey, fish sauce and lime juice to the tomato mixture and simmer, 3 minutes.

    4

    Melt the remaining butter in a frying pan over high heat. Add the prawns and fry, 4 minutes. Season well.

    5

    Before serving, stir the coriander through the sauce and season well. Divide the sweet potato, prawns and roasted vine tomatoes among 4 bowls and top with the sauce. Sprinkle with fresh basil and serve with lime wedges for squeezing.

     

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