CHICKEN, SWEET POTATO & PEA CURRY

Chicken, sweet potato & pea curry image

Serve this family-friendly chicken curry with rice or roti. It's tasty and healthy, containing four of your 5-a-day. Add extra korma paste for added spice

Provided by Lulu Grimes

Categories Dinner

Time 40m

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 tbsp rapeseed oil
1 tbsp korma paste
2 skinless chicken breast fillets, each cut into 8-10 pieces
320g sweet potatoes , chopped into bite-sized pieces
6 tbsp red lentils
325ml can light coconut milk (freeze the rest for later)
200g frozen peas
220g cherry tomatoes
300g cooked rice or roti, to serve

Steps:

Heat the oil in a deep frying pan or wok, stir in the curry paste and fry for 30 seconds until it becomes fragrant. Stir in the chicken, then add the sweet potatoes and lentils and keep stirring to coat everything in the paste. Add 300ml water and the coconut milk. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 15-20 mins or until the chicken and sweet potato are cooked through and the consistency of the sauce is slightly thickened.
Tip in the peas, bring back to the boil and simmer for a further 2 mins, then add the tomatoes and cook for 2 mins more. Serve with steamed rice, or roti.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 485 calories, Fat 12 grams fat, SaturatedFat 6 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 59 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 11 grams sugar, Fiber 8 grams fiber, Protein 31 grams protein, Sodium 0.4 milligram of sodium