Coconut and lime sweet potato stew

As requested another back to basics one pot wonder. Similar to the veg Tagine the only ingredients that might look a bit daunting are the list of herbs and spices. I’ve mentioned this before but if you make a plan …

Not quite a soup, not quite a dahl, not quite a stew… but damn scrumptious!

A long day today called for the laziest one pot dinner I could think of and here it is… Not quite a soup, not quite a Dahl, not quite a stew…. But my oh my is it scrumptious. Comfort food at it’s best and as simple as you can get.

Into a pot pop:

1 cup of each of the following
Basmati rice
Mung beans
Lentils

Spices: (flavour to your liking)
Cardamon
Nutmeg
Garam masala
Cinnamon
Coriander
Garlic Powder
Salt/pep
Fenugreek leaves

1 can of coconut milk
Scoop of coconut sugar
Splash of sweet chilli sauce
5 cans of water. (I just use the coconut milk tin to measure out)

Give it a nice little stir
Bring to boil
Cover, reduce and leave for an hour. (Overnight would be better but hunger called) Top up on spices etc as required.

Serve up!
I told you it was easy and super delicious.
Add more water and into the blender to turn it into a soup if you so wish.
I popped a scoop of spinach pesto from yesterday’s recipe on top along with a sprinkling of salted peanuts, chilli flakes and parsley.

Serve up with a nice chunk of bread and enjoy.

Love
Louise

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Wacky wok of comfort! Seitan, hazelnut, aduki bean mix.

A big wok full of comforting goodness! Even the colours have an ol’ autumnal hue. Seitan, hazelnut, aduki beans, carrots and cabbage in a chilli and garlic coconut sauce with wild rice.

Boil the carrots and finely chopped cabbage in a pot. Fry off the seitan, hazelnuts and aduki beans,garlic and chilli flakes in a drop of oil. Add the drained carrots and cabbage. Add a tin of coconut milk, generous pinch of salt, pepper and 1-2 tablespoon of coconut sugar or agave. Boil and reduce to a simmer. Leave it cook away for as long as you can until all the flavours are soaked up.

For the rice. Any rice will do I just fancied some wild wild rice It takes twice as long to cook as it’s friend basmati but is loaded with nutrients and looks pretty too. I was too hungry to contemplate fancy plating up with this dish so I just popped it into two bowls and devoured. Simple, nutritious and delicious.

Love

Louise

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