Thai Potato Curry

It is incredibly flattering after only a week of writing to have friends write to us with requests for what to make- THANK YOU! This request came from a friend who has been over for dinner a few times and recalled a meal I haven't made in over a year- so, inspired, we made it tonight (delicious) and here is the recipe:

Thai Potato Curry

This is a dish Jess originally made from one of our cookbooks Veggie Planet. I then played around with the recipe when our friend was over and did the same tonight.

We have discovered that being vegan and cooking at home is really not too difficult once you have the ingredients in your house- it is that hurdle and initial investment, which can be challenging, but you'll also find that having these initial ingredients really pays off and they last for a while. If you do not have these ingredients in your house, feel free to substitute similar ones- it is challenging to completely mess up a curry :)

1 onion

4 fist sized potatoes

2 fist sized sweet potatoes

2 tbs olive oil

3 tbs green curry paste (I didn't have any this time and made my own, 'recipe' for that is below)

1 can of light coconut milk

1 red bell pepper

Dice the onion and heat with olive oil till translucent.

Add in curry paste and mix over heat.

Add potatoes (cut no larger than 1in cubes) and mix to ensure curry paste is evenly distributed

Add light coconut milk and reduce heat to low-medium till milk has reduced, is at your own comfort level for spiciness and potatoes are tender. (Likely 10-15 minutes)

At minute 5, add red bell pepper- cut to same dimensions as potatoes

Serve over Forbidden Rice.

Curry Paste:

I am skeptical of whether or not this is curry paste or just a bunch of random ingredients I thought would taste good in my curry- but I assure you it tastes delicious and that you could adjust quantities if you would like and add at the step above for curry paste and then throughout the reducing stage as needed.

3 tbs of low sodium soy sauce

2 tbs of curry powder

1 tbs of cinnamon

2 tsp basil

3 tbs uncle brutha's hot sauce #9 (or your favorite hot sauce)

3tbs lemon juice (lime may have been better if we had any)

Feel free to let us know how it turns out or if you have any other requests for us to try out!