(Sweet) Potato - Aloo Curry
(Sweet) Potato - Aloo Curry

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, (sweet) potato - aloo curry. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

(Sweet) Potato - Aloo Curry is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. (Sweet) Potato - Aloo Curry is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

Saag aloo is usually made with regular potatoes but we like our sweet potato version. The great thing about these little beauties is they are richer in nutrients - particularly vitamin C - than white potatoes and lower in starch. They count towards your five a day too, while regular potatoes don't.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook (sweet) potato - aloo curry using 19 ingredients and 20 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make (Sweet) Potato - Aloo Curry:
  1. Take 14 large sweet potatoes OR
  2. Take 8 kg potatoes
  3. Make ready 14-20 cloves garlic (minced ca.50-60g)
  4. Take 40 g fresh turmeric or 6tsp dried
  5. Prepare 7 medium onions (diced ca.965g)
  6. Get 6 tbsp coconut oil
  7. Make ready 7 tsp =21g curry powder
  8. Prepare 1 tsp cayenne pepper
  9. Make ready 7 tsp salt
  10. Make ready 1 tsp = cinnamon
  11. Get 1000 g =7c diced tomatoes
  12. Prepare 2 tbs date (or maple) syrup
  13. Get 2000 ml full-fat coconut milk
  14. Make ready 7 c=850g frozen peas
  15. Prepare If needed:
  16. Make ready More coconut milk or veg broth
  17. Prepare Decorate with:
  18. Get Cilantro
  19. Take Fresh julienne cut ginger

Be that Chickpea Curry, Thai Green Curry, Red Lentil Curry, Aloo Gobi Masala, even Curry Chickpea Salad - the list goes on and on. So it seemed about time to add a Sweet Potato Curry to the repertoire. It's been an idea that I've had for a while now, so the anticipation was definitely building. When Sweet Potatoes and Chard meet, you make Saag Aloo.

Instructions to make (Sweet) Potato - Aloo Curry:
  1. Dice (peal if you prefer) potatoes
  2. Boil until 'al dente' - usually 10min if starting with salted boiling water
  3. While boiling the potatoes prepare :
  4. Mince garlic and turmeric finely or if mixer available use (in tmx speed 10 for 5sec)
  5. Chop onions finely (in tmx speed 5.5 for 5sec)
  6. Add coconut oil to pan and heat up OR if available into cooking mixer
  7. If preparing in pan / pot :
  8. Heat oil, fry onions till yellow translucent, then add garlic till fragrant
  9. Add turmeric
  10. Add spices
  11. Add tomatoes
  12. Cook till it becomes pastelike for about half an hour at medium high temperature
  13. If you're using the tmx: Varoma speed 1 set for 20-30 min
  14. Add ingredients like in pot method with tomatoes being last addition
  15. Now mix potatoes (or sweet potatoes) with the paste in large pot
  16. Add coconut milk
  17. 20min medium flame simmer with lid on
  18. Add peas and let sit covered for 5min, flame turned off
  19. Add date sirup and stir well
  20. Serve with chopped cilantro or thai basil on top

Saag means greens or a dish made of greens, and Aloo is potatoes. I use Chard for the greens in this dish. Spinach, mustard or a mix with baby kale and other greens will work too. For the Aloo, I use sweet potatoes. Regular potatoes will work as a direct substitution as well.

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