Cauliflower, sweet potato and chickpea traybake with coriander sambal
serves
4
“The brilliant thing about this recipe is that your oven does all the hard work to make a flavour-packed curry, freeing you to blitz up a bright and zingy sambal.” – Jessica Elliott Dennison. This recipe is an edited extract from Tin Can Magic by Jessica Elliott Dennison (published by Hardie Grant, $24.99).
Ingredients (16)
- 1 1/2 tbs coconut, canola or vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 tbs mustard seeds
- 400ml can coconut milk (ideally full-fat)
- Thumb-sized piece fresh ginger, peeled then finely grated
- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 1/2 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 large cauliflower, outer leaves removed, cut into 12 pieces through the stem
- 2 sweet potatoes, cut into wedges (don’t bother peeling)
- 100g spinach, washed
- 400g can chickpeas, rinsed then drained
- Warmed chapatis flat bread (optional), to serve
Coconut and coriander sambal
- 3 tbs coconut chips (or toasted nuts)
- Handful of coriander
- 1 green chilli, seeded
- Juice & grated zest of 1 lime
Don't forget you can add these ingredients to your Woolworths shopping list.
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1.Preheat oven to 200°C. Heat oil in a large ovenproof frying pan over high heat, then add mustard seeds and fry for 1-2 minutes until they pop. Stir in coconut milk, ginger, garlic, cumin, turmeric, cauliflower, sweet potato and 1 tsp sea salt. Place in oven and roast for 40 minutes, stirring halfway.
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2.For the sambal, blitz coconut chips, coriander (stalks and leaves), chilli and lime juice and zest, 1/4 tsp salt and a few splashes of water in a food processor until coarsely chopped (you can also do this by chopping by hand).
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3.Remove the cauliflower and sweet potato from tray, add spinach and chickpeas and stir until spinach wilts, adding a splash of water if it’s a bit dry.
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4.Divide chickpea mixture among plates, top with cauliflower and sweet potato, spoon over sambal and serve with chapatis.
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