In the midst of writing my essay last night, I was longing for a hearty , delicious and healthy dinner. I stumbled upon this one on BBC Good Food after having a Google:
Unfortunately my photo is not that presentable as it got eaten straight away!
I didn't really follow the recipe's ingredient measurements, as I was making it for 4 people, so I only really followed the method. For mine, these are the changes I made and it worked out extremely well for me:
~700g of sweet potatoes, which I peeled and sliced into chunks, and microwaved at intervals
3 carrots, which I diced into little cubes
A can of lentils,
For the garlic and ginger I didn't have any fresh ones on me so I used jar ones :(!
As for the mash, I used soy milk instead of milk or yogurt as the recipe specifies as I am mildly lactose intolerant.
I added a pinch of salt and nutmeg to the sweet potato mash
The stock cube I used called for 2 cups of water
I added the pie into the oven for a couple minutes to let the top crisp up
Finely chopped an entire bunch of coriander and sprinkled it on the top as soon as it came out the oven, and gave it a good dousing of black pepper
Served it with a side of steamed green beans, broccoli, cauliflower and carrots
Ingredients
650g sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
1 onion, halved and thinly sliced
2 carrots, scrubbed, halved and sliced lengthways
15g ginger
2 garlic cloves, finely grated
2 tsp oil
1 tbsp curry powder
1 vegetable stock cube
2 tbsp tomato purée
85g red lentils
good handful coriander, chopped, plus sprigs to serve
generous spoonful 0% fat Greek-style yogurt
Broccoli
Method
Place the sweet potato in a pan of boiling water and cook for 15 mins, or until tender.
Meanwhile, heat the oil in a pan and fry the onion and carrot, for 2 minutes, then add the garlic and ginger and cook, stirring for 1 min more. Tip in the curry powder, stir round the pan then add 750ml of the boiling water with the stock cube, tomato purée and lentils. Cover the pan and boil for 20 mins until the vegetables are tender and the liquid has been absorbed. Stir in the chopped coriander.
When the sweet potatoes are cooked, drain and mash them with the yogurt and seasoning.
Spoon the lentil mix into one big or two individual dishes then top with the sweet potato mixture, scatter with the coriander and serve with broccoli, if you like.