Summer vege curry

Author: Niki Bezzant - Founding Editor

Photographer: Melanie Jenkins

Make the most of summer veggies with this curry recipe that delivers 5½ of your 5-a-day. A delicious vegetarian meal for two

Serves: 2

Time to make: 30 mins

Ingredients

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½ cup brown rice
spray oil
2 spring onions, thinly sliced
3cm piece ginger, peeled, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
5 curry leaves (optional)
1 eggplantaubergineX, cut in small chunks
1 carrot, angle sliced
3 tablespoons tandoori paste
400g can no-added-salt diced tomatoes
70g taro, peeled and cut in small chunks (see tips), or use kumarasweet-potatoX
1 chilli, thinly sliced
2 kaffir lime leaves, thinly sliced
⅔ cup low-fat plain yoghurt, plus 2 tablespoons extra, to garnish

Instructions

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In a saucepan, cover rice with 1 1/2 cups of water and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook for 25 minutes, until tender and water is absorbed.
Meanwhile, spray a large non-stick pan with oil and set over a medium-high heat. Add spring onions, ginger, garlic and curry leaves, if using. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes. Remove curry leaves.
Add eggplant and carrot, stirring to combine. Cook for 5 minutes. Add tandoori paste and tomatoes and stir. Add taro and 1 cup of water and bring to a simmer. Simmer for 15-20 minutes, adding more water if needed, until taro is cooked through and soft. Stir through chilli and kaffir lime leaves, reserving a bit of each to garnish. Remove curry from heat and stir through yoghurt.
Serve curry with rice, garnished with extra yoghurt and remaining kaffir lime leaves and chilli.

Variations

Make it vegan: Use a vegan yoghurt and check tandoori paste is vegan.

HFG tip

If using taro, wear gloves and cook thoroughly, to avoid hand, skin, mouth and throat itching caused by a substance in raw taro called calcium oxalate (see our feature In season January for more information).

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Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 472 cal

Kilojoules 1980 kJ

Protein 16 g

Total fat 11 g

Saturated fat 3 g

Carbohydrates 70 g

Sugar 23 g

Dietary fibre 13 g

Sodium 610 mg

Calcium 340 mg

Iron 3 mg

Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.