Coconut milk lends richness and exotic flavor to these creamy braised vegetables. It echoes the sweetness of both the root vegetables and squash, while taming the spicy red curry paste, pungent Asian fish sauce, and bright lime and cilantro that season the broth. Serve over cooked brown rice.
Winter Vegetable Coconut Curry
2 tsp. canola oil
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4-inch (6-mm.) slice peeled fresh garlic, grated
2 tsp. Thai red curry paste
1 tsp. Asian fish sauce
1 sweet potato, about 1/2 lb. (250 g.), peeled and cut into 1/2-inch (12-mm.) chunks
1 celery root, about 1/2 lb. (250 g.), peeled and cut into 1/2-inch (12-mm.) chunks
3 cups (24 fl. oz./750 ml.) unsweetened coconut milk
1 delicata squash, about 1/2 lb. (250 g.), peeled and cut into 1/2-inch (12-mm.) chunks
2 limes
2 Tbs. finely chopped fresh cilantro for garnish
In a saucepan over medium heat, warm the oil. Add the garlic and ginger and sauté until fragrant but not browned, about 1 minute. Add the curry paste and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the fish sauce, sweet potato and celery root and stir to combine. Reduce the heat to medium-low, pour in the coconut milk and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes. Add the squash and cook until the vegetables are just tender but not falling apart, 12 to 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, finely grate the zest from the limes, then cut each lime into wedges. Stir the lime zest into the vegetables.
Serve the vegetables immediately, sprinkled with the cilantro and topped with the lime wedges. Serves 4.
Find more simple one-dish dinners in our cookbook One Pot of the Day by Kate McMillan.
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I am an experienced cook and made this dish this evening, piecing together the unedited, incomplete recipe. Although I believe I was able to decipher the missing pieces, this recipe, as it is written, would be very difficult for a novice. Even though I added extra ginger, curry paste and fish sauce, the very subtle, dull flavors of the dish are not worth the effort.
Should the third ingredient be ginger?
I think there are a few missing instructions here?