Sweet Curry - Easy, Vegan, Really Freaking Good

Are you aware that squash is considered a fruit? Does that blow your mind? My mind is blown.

Can you guess what fruit this curry contains? Have I asked enough questions yet?

Sweet Curry
(with squash, sweet potatoes, carrots and mushrooms)
(with a side of kale if your tryna get those greens)

Ingredients:

~ Coconut milk - 2 cups

~ Squash - 1 whole

~ Sweet potato - 2 whole

~ Carrots - 3 whole

~ Mushrooms (I used cremini)- 3/4 cup sliced

~ Turmeric - 1 tbsp

~ Cumin - 1/2 tbsp

~ Cayenne pepper - 1/2 tbsp

~ Ginger - 1 tbsp minced

~ Garlic - 1 1/2 to 2 cloves, minced

~ Cilantro - 1 pinch, chopped (optional)

~ Rice - 1 cup (optional)

~ Kale - 1/2 cup (optional)

Directions:

1. Dice the squash, sweet potatoes and carrots.

2. Bring a giant pot of water to a boil. Enough water to cover all of the food you are about to put in.

3. When the water has begun boiling, first add the squash, then sweet potatoes and then carrots. Do so in a timely manner, as they each take slightly different amounts of time to cook through:


Squash - 15 to 20 minutes

Sweet potato - 10 to 15 minutes

Carrots - 7 to 10 minutes


4. Once boiling is complete, strain water and let sit.

5. In a gigantic pan (you're making a lot of food here), bring coconut milk, ginger and garlic to a boil.

6. Add the turmeric, cumin and cayenne pepper. Let simmer with a lid on for 7-10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

7. Taste the coconut milk and make sure you are satisfied with the spices. Add more if your heart desires. A little extra spice never hurts. *wink*

8. Add the squash, sweet potato and carrots to the pan. Toss in the sliced mushrooms and mix all ingredients together.

*Your curry should look something like this:

9. Let the curry simmer with a lid on for 15-20 minutes, stirring every once in a while.

You just made curry in only 9 steps! Woo! If you want to make the bowl shown above, keep reading.

10. While the curry is simmering, why not make some rice to go with it? I used jasmine rice with a 1 to 1 3/4 ratio.

11. When the rice is almost finished cooking, add kale to allow the steam to soften.

12. Put rice, curry and kale into a bowl. Sprinkle with cilantro. BOOM you're done.