Healthy Creamy Vegetable Curry Recipe
                        Ingredients
- olive or canola oil spray
 - 1 large onion, diced
 - 2 cloves garlic, crushed
 - 1 tbs garam masala
 - 1 tsp turmeric
 - 1 eggplant, cut into 2-3cm pieces
 - 400 g sweet potato, peeled, cut into 2-3cm pieces
 - 1/2 cauliflower, cut into florets
 - 3/4 cup salt-reduced chicken or vegetable stock
 - 150 g green beans, trimmed and cut into 5cm lengths
 - 2 x 400 g cans no-added-salt chickpeas, drained and rinsed
 - 1 x 400 g can reduced-fat coconut milk
 - 16 plain pappadums (8cm diameter), to serve
 - 1/2 cup fresh coriander, chopped, to serve
 
Method
- Spray a large non-stick saucepan with oil and place on medium to high heat.
 - Cook onion for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally; add garlic and spices and stir 1 minute until fragrant.
 - Add eggplant, sweet potato, cauliflower and stock to the pan, mix well.
 - Bring to the boil then reduce heat to medium; simmer covered for 12 minutes until vegetables are just tender.
 - Add beans, chickpeas and coconut milk; increase heat to return to the boil.
 - Reduce heat and simmer gently uncovered for 5 minutes until beans are tender but still bright green.
 - Place 8 pappadums around the edge of a microwave-safe dinner plate and cook on HIGH (100%) for 60 seconds until puffed and crisp.
 - Set aside and repeat with remaining pappadums.
 - Serve curry in bowls topped with coriander and pappadums.
 
                        Variation: 
                To add heat, cook a chopped red chilli or teaspoon of chilli powder with spices. Include 2 thinly sliced small skinless chicken breasts (400g) when beans and chickpeas are added.
                        Comment: 
                *To make this dish gluten free, choose stock that is free from gluten and use a gluten free alternative to papadums.
Healthy tip!
Choose plain water or soda water in place of a sugary drink.
Nutrition Information
| per serving | per 100g | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 2024 kJ | 315 kJ | 
| 484 Cal | 75 Cal | |
| Protein | 19.5 g | 3 g | 
| Fat, total | 19 g | 3 g | 
| — saturated | 8.3 g | 1.3 g | 
| Carbohydrate | 49.3 g | 7.7 g | 
| — sugars | 16.1 g | 2.5 g | 
| Sodium | 920 mg | 143 mg | 
| Fibre | 19.9 g | 3.1 g | 
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Comments (1)
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    This was absolutely beautiful.. :) (Used chicken instead of chick pea's and added some chilli powder..yummy!)
Anonymous
Posted on: 04 Sep 14