Vege Crisper Curry

We are obviously not getting to the farm at the moment during COVID-19 Isolation, given it's about 50 minutes drive away... I have had farm produce delivered which is awesome but never the same as picking it yourself... 

I wanted to take advantage of the bounty I had and also start to cook more 'wintry' type meals - it's getting cooler now.

So I got to chopping!   You can use whatever veges you have - I like to put softer type veges like eggplant, beans, corn and peas in later so I keep those separate to root veges.  I don't mind if the sweet potato gets a bit softer, but I do like my beans to have a bit of crunch and my eggplant to have a bit of its' shape.  

All in all this takes about 30 mins to prepare with the shopping and about 1 hour 20 minutes all up til it's on the table.  So it's something you could make earlier in the day between Zoom meetings if you had to and then heat up when it's knock-off time!

Ingredients: (just what is mine, only compulsory vege items are the onions and garlic)

1 large onion or 2 medium onions

3 cloves garlic

2 carrots

2 medium sweet potatoes

250g pumpkin

1 parsnip

2 small eggplant

150g fresh beans

1 tsp garam masala

contents of 4 cardamom pods or 1/4 tsp cardomon powder

1 tsp curry powder

1/2 tsp cayenne powder

1 packet of curry milk powder

1 litre chicken or veg stock

1 can of chickpeas, drained

4 stalks fresh coriander, chopped

Method:

Chop all your veges, finely chop your garlic

Mix together your spices

In a large pot which has a lid, sweat your onions and garlic in a tablespoon of oil over a medium head - then add spices.

Let it become fragrant, about 2 minutes, stirring here and there..

Then add your root vegetables and 1 cup of the stock, put a lid on 

While that is simmering away to the rest of the stock add the coconut milk powder.

After 25 minutes lift the lid and add the coconut stock.. and then your softer vegetables.

Also add your chickpeas

And lastly the coriander.  combine well, put the lid back on and keep simmering over medium heat for another 25 minutes.

It will smell amazing and you can choose to serve it with rice or on its' own.  Either way a winner, the sauce is worth soaking up with the rice or some fresh and warm sourdough.

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