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Sweet Potato Red Curry with Baby Bok Choy and Tofu
I got an email Wednesday from my friend Ginny pleading that we pick up some of the abundance of sweet potatoes from her farm. It seemed the crop was double the size they had initially expected. So I rushed across the neighborhood basket in hand and returned with weeks worth of the crop.
I made sweet potato fries, sweet potato mash, and sweet potato muffins but pounds and pounds of oversized sweet potatoes still remained. And luckily Deborah Madison, author of Vegetarian Suppers came to the rescue. I decided on the Sweet Potato Curry with Baby Bok Choy and Tofu, though I did alter the recipe quite a bit.
INGREDIENTS
| 1 cup | organic brown basmati rice |
| 2 cups plus ½ cup | water |
| 1 tsp | salt |
| 1 pound | sweet potatoes, sliced in ¾ inch wedges, skins still on |
| 6 | large shallots, chopped |
| 1 tbsp | peanut oil plus more for frying |
| 1 can | organic coconut milk |
| 2 tsp | red curry paste |
| 1 ½ tbsp | brown sugar |
| 2 tsp | soy sauce |
| 1 tbsp | corn starch |
| ½ cup | chopped cilantro |
| 4 | baby bok choy, cut lengthwise into fourths |
| 7 oz | firm tofu, moisture removed and cut into 2-inch pieces |
| Sea salt to taste | |
| 1 | lime quartered |
| Cilantro for garnish | |
PREPARATION:
Method
- Rinse rice a few times while bringing 2 cups water to boil with 1 tsp salt. Add in rice and turn down to a simmer cooking for 35 to 40 minutes and stirring periodically.
- Add sweet potatoes to a large pot and cover with water. Boil sweet potatoes for about 15 minutes, until a fork easily punctures the skin.
- At the same time, add shallots and peanut oil into a wide skillet and cook on medium high until softened a bit. Add in coconut milk, ½ cup water, red curry paste, brown sugar, soy sauce, and corn starch and bring to a boil. Turn down to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes. Add in cilantro and baby bok choy and cook 3 more minutes. Season with sea salt.
- Get the tofu going as well by adding 1 to 2 inches of peanut oil to a deep skillet or pot and frying it over medium high heat for about 5 minutes. Use a fork to turn the tofu to brown on all sides. This will take a few batches so be careful not to crowd the pot. When each batch is done, drain the grease over paper towels.
- Add sweet potatoes and tofu to the coconut milk mixture and cook for three more minutes. Serve atop rice garnished with limes and cilantro.
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