Vegetable Curry

Ingredients

• 1.5 kg mixed vegetables (e.g., yam root, sweet potatoes, corn cobs, potatoes all cleaned, washed)
• 100 g fine coconut shavings (fresh or ready-made product)
• 2 dried chili peppers (crushed in a mortar)
• 1 tsp tamarind
• 7 curry leaves
• 0.5 tsp mustard seeds
• 2 tbsp oil
• Salt

Instructions

1. 1.

   Cook yam with 500 ml water for 10 minutes, then add sweet potatoes, corn, beans and pumpkin, season with salt and cook for another ~10 minutes until vegetables are firm yet tender.

2. 2.

   Meanwhile process coconut shavings, chili and tamarind with a little water into a soft paste.

3. 3.

   Add this paste to the vegetables, bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes.

4. 4.

   Heat oil, toast mustard seeds until they crackle, then add curry leaves and pour over the vegetable curry. Serve hot.