Carrot and almond milk curry

You'll be surprised at the depths of flavour just 20 minutes of cooking can get you in this vegetable and chickpea curry. The tricks are an abundance of spices and a quick homemade chilli and ginger-infused oil.

• serves

  4

• prep

  10 minutes

• cook

  20 minutes

• difficulty

  Easy

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Ingredients

• 60 ml (¼ cup) vegetable oil
• ½ tsp yellow mustard seeds
• 1 tbsp cumin seeds
• 1 large onion, finely diced
• 20 curry leaves
• 5 garlic cloves, grated
• 2 cm piece ginger, grated
• 3 large green chillies, thinly sliced
• 1 tbsp ground coriander
• 1 tsp ground turmeric
• 2 tsp garam masala
• ½ tsp chilli powder (optional)
• 6 large carrots, peeled and cut into 5 cm lengths
• 400 g can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• salt, to taste
• 500 ml (2 cups) almond milk
• steamed rice, to serve

Tadka

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 long green chilli, thinly sliced
• 2 cm piece ginger, peeled and finely chopped

Instructions

1. Heat the vegetable oil in a medium saucepan and add the mustard and cumin seeds. Toast until the mustard seeds start to crackle, then add the onion, curry leaves, garlic and ginger and fry for 1–2 minutes or until fragrant. Add the green chilli and stir for a few minutes, then add the ground spices and stir well.
2. Add carrots, chickpeas (reserve a small handful to serve) and the almond milk and enough water to just cover them and bring to a simmer. Simmer for about 20 minutes or until the carrots are very tender. Season to taste.
3. When the curry is nearly ready, for the tadka, heat the oil in small frying pan over medium heat. Add the chickpeas, chilli, ginger and a pinch each of salt and pepper. Stir until the chickpeas are lightly browned, then remove from the heat. Serve with rice.

 

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

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