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Sweet potato

Mash, roast, or even add to sweet bakes

Need to know This is the only potato that counts towards your 5-a-day.

SWEET POTATO & SPINACH CURRY

Serves 4 Takes 55 mins Cost per serve £1.17 2 tsp vegetable oil 1 red onion, roughly chopped 1 tbsp dried curry leaves 1 tbsp tamarind sauce 1 tbsp maple syrup 800g sweet potatoes, cut into large chunks 400ml tin lighter coconut milk 125g baby spinach 2 limes, 1 juiced, 1 cut into wedges cooked rice, to serve (optional) 4 tsp crispy onions, to serve (optional)

For the curry paste 1 tbsp coriander seeds 1 tsp cumin seeds 40g desiccated coconut 1 tsp ground turmeric 2 garlic cloves, crushed 5cm piece ginger, peeled and grated 2 red chillies, deseeded (if you like), fnely sliced 1 First, make the curry paste: toast the coriander and cumin seeds in a small saucepan over a low-medium heat until fragrant. Add the desiccated coconut and turmeric. Cook for 2 mins until the spices are toasted and the coconut turns golden. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool a little. Add the garlic, ginger and chillies, then

blitz to a rough paste with 100ml water using a stick blender or a food processor. 2 Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat. Fry the onion for 3-4 mins until softened, then add the curry leaves and cook for 1 min. Add the curry paste and cook for 1 min. Stir in the tamarind, maple syrup, sweet potato, coconut milk and 200ml water. 3 Bring to a simmer, then lower the heat and cook gently for 20-25 mins until the sweet potato is tender. Five mins before serving, stir through the spinach and lime juice. Serve with rice and top with crispy onions, if you like, with lime wedges on the side. Each serving contains of the reference intake. See page 105. Carbohydrate 51g Protein 5g Fibre 8g 17% 1459kJ 347kcal 15g 11g 18g 0.4g 22% 55% 20% 7% Energy Fat Sugars SaltSaturates

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You’ve been loving our Sweet potato & spinach curry recipe from In season in the February m magazine, and it’s not hard to see why! Sally from Didcot says, ‘The curry was a hit with my fussy teenagers’, while Robyn from

Oxford says, ‘Making the curry paste was effortless’.

Here are just a few of your fab creations of our recipes

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