Easy vegetable curry
We love this easy vegetable curry recipe, made with green beans, carrots and cauliflower. Mild enough for children to enjoy. Suitable for vegetarians.
Ingredients
- 3 large carrots peeled and sliced
- 170 g green beans
- ½ small cauliflower
- Sunflower oil
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic finely chopped
- A thumb sized piece of ginger peeled and finely chopped
- 800 g tinned chopped tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- ¼ teaspoon chilli powder or more to taste
- ½ teaspoon turmeric
- 1 tablespoon garam masala
- 25 g butter or dairy free spread
Optional add ins
- 227 g paneer cubed
- 400 g tinned chickpeas drained
- 2 medium potatoes cubed and boiled
Instructions
- Steam or boil the vegetables until soft.
- Heat the oil in a large, heavy based pan and add the cumin seeds. Fry for one minute over a medium heat. Add the onion and cook gently for around 10 minutes until soft, stirring often.
- When soft stir in the ginger, garlic, chilli powder and turmeric and cook for a further few minutes making sure that the garlic doesn't start to burn.
- Add the chopped tomatoes and simmer for five minutes. Add the garam masala and stir well. At this stage I add a few pieces of cooked carrot and cauliflower and mash them into the sauce to make sure that the kids get some of the veggies in their bodies - as I never know which bits they're going to eat.
- Stir well then add the rest of the vegetables. This is the time to add the paneer and/or the chickpeas if using (take care with small children if adding chickpeas as they could potentially cause a choking risk). If the sauce looks a bit dry add a little water and stir well. Add the butter or spread and stir well.
Notes
This dish really benefits from sitting for a few hours, or even overnight, so making it in advance is a good idea. However, it's perfectly ready to eat now so cook some rice or flatbreads and tuck in. We had it on this occasion with rice, chapattis and yoghurt. Little R had a great time making the chapattis with me - obviously I did the hot stove part - but she loved kneading and rolling them out.
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