Protein Boost | Jerk-Spiced Coconut Curry with Tofu
Sweet Potatoes & Heirloom Zucchini
Cooking time
25 minutes
Servings
2/4
Calories
1180 /serving
Put as much or as little jerk spice as you’d like in this Caribbean curry, depending on how much you heart the hot stuff. Lashings of coconut milk tame the heat, as it soaks into hearty veggies, over a bed of soft white rice.
We will send you:
- 1 Block of tofu (non-GMO)
- 20g Ginger
- 1 Scallion
- 450g Sweet potatoes
- 1 Heirloom zucchini
- 1 Lime
- 2 Garlic cloves
- 15ml Tomato paste
- 160g White rice
- 400ml Organic fair-trade coconut milk (non-GMO)
- 10g Real Jerk spices (spices, allspice, onion, herbs, cayenne pepper, garlic, cellulose fiber)
Contains: Soy • Sulphites
You will need:
Grater
Oil
Peeler
Salt & pepper (S&P)
2 Medium pots
Total Fat
54 g
Saturated Fat
34 g
Sodium
160 mg
Total Carb
134 g
Sugars
19 g
Protein
43 g
Fibre
13 g
Preparation
Cook the rice
- In a medium pot, combine the rice, 1 ¼ cups water (double for 4 portions) and a big pinch of salt; bring to a boil.
- Reduce the heat, cover and simmer, 17 to 20 min., until the rice is tender and the water has been absorbed.
- Remove from the heat and let sit, covered, for 5 min. Fluff the rice.
Mise en place
- Meanwhile, small-dice the sweet potatoes.
- Peel and grate the ginger.
- Mince the garlic.
- Quarter the zucchini lengthwise; cut crosswise into ½ inch pieces.
- Thinly slice the scallion crosswise, separating the white bottom and green top.
- Halve the lime; juice ½ and cut the remaining ½ into wedges.
Start the curry
- In a second medium pot, heat a drizzle of oil on medium-high.
- Add the sweet potatoes and sauté, 3 to 4 min., until beginning to brown.
- Add the garlic, ginger and white bottom of the scallion.
- Sauté, 30 sec. to 1 min., until fragrant.
Finish the curry
- To the pot of curry, add the tomato paste, spices (add ½ for medium spicy) and S&P.
- Cook, stirring often, 1 to 2 min., until dark red.
- Add the coconut milk, ½ cup water (double for 4 portions) and S&P; bring to a boil.
- Reduce to a simmer and cook, stirring often, 4 to 6 min., until partially cooked.
- Add the zucchini and cook, stirring often, 8 to 10 min., until thickened and tender.
Finish & serve
- To the pot of curry, add the lime juice; stir well.
- Divide the rice between your bowls.
- Top with the curry.
- Garnish with the green top of the scallion and lime wedges. Bon appétit!
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