

Silas and Patrick's Island Yam Curry
TEAM VANUATU
INGREDIENTS
For the Curry:
1 small Yam
3 Brown Coconut (or a tin of coconut cream)
1 medium Onion
5 cloves of Garlic
8 Cherry Tomato
2 medium fresh Chili
Fresh Coriander
1 Spring Onion
1 tsp Cumin Powder
1 tsp Paprika Powder
1 tsp Curry Powder
8 Green Beans
Salt and Pepper (to taste)
For the Salad:
4 Lettuce Leaves
1 small Cucumber
Cooked Peanuts (to garnish)
METHOD
- Peel the yams and slice into 1cm pieces. Place into a pot of hot water and then boil for approx. 15-20mins, then drain.
- Scrape coconuts and squeeze to make coconut cream put in bowl to use later.
- Dice onion, garlic, tomato, chili and chopped coriander leaves.
- In a pan add a little bit of vegetable oil then add ingredients from step three as well as the cumin, paprika, curry powder. Stir all together for 2-3 mins.
- Into the same pan add the coconut cream and boil for 5mins.
- Add the cooked and drained cubed Yam to coconut curry sauce and season.
- Wash the lettuce leaves, peel and grate the cucumber.
- Wash the beans and blanch in hot water with salt for 2-3mins.
- Place the yam curry on the side of the plate; on the other side add a lettuce leaf, top with grated cucumber then the green beans. Garnish the yam curry with crushed peanuts.
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