Vietnamese Coconut & Tempeh Curry
This is a deliciously simple curry! Tempeh is a fermented soybean block. We know it's not a very appealing description, but when prepared right, it tastes like sausage or chorizo; meaty and substantial! It is not as readily available as tofu but can be found in most good health stores.
Takes 25 minutes
Serves 5
Ingredients
- 20 g fresh ginger small thumb size
- .5 red chilli
- 300 g tempeh if not available substitute with firm tofu/oyster mushrooms
- 6 scallions/spring onion use the green part only
- 2 red peppers 250g
- 1 courgette 300g
- 220 ml of full fat coconut milk
- 400 ml water
- 4 tbsp tamari or soy sauce
- 2 limes juice of both limes
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tbsp curry powder
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ a head of pak choi
- 15 g fresh coriander small bunch
- 200 g bean sprouts 1 packet
Serving Suggestion
- brown rice, noodles or quinoa
Instructions
- Finely chop the block of tempeh into small cubes.
- Finely chop the ginger, the scallion green tops and the chilli (removing the seeds if you don’t like it hot).
- Put a non stick wide bottom pan on a high heat and add 1 tablespoon of oil. Once the pan is hot add the prepped tempeh, ginger, chilli and scallion greens. Cook for 3 minutes stirring occasionally.
- While these are cooking finely chop the courgette and the red peppers.
- Add the courgette and red peppers and the salt and cook for a further minute or two.
- Add the sauce ingredients - the coconut milk, tamari/soy sauce, maple syrup, juice of the limes, curry powder and the water and bring to the boil.
- While this is coming up to temperature, finely chop the coriander and the 1/2 head of pak choi and add. Once boiling you can remove from the heat or reduce to a gentle simmer and cook for further 10 minutes to concentrate the flavour.
- Taste and season with salt and black pepper.
Nutrition
Calories: 323kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 17gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 553mgPotassium: 1061mgFiber: 6gSugar: 18gVitamin A: 5760IUVitamin C: 130mgCalcium: 232mgIron: 6mg