Today let’s celebrate Indian food dressed internationally. Goodness stories of Indian food have travelled across the world. And even west can’t resist getting their hands on healthy Indian food.

Enjoy this preparation of Indian sweet potato & dhal pie.

Indian sweet potato & dhal pie

Ingredients:

• 650g sweet potatoes , peeled and cut into small chunks
• 1 onion , halved and thinly sliced
• 2 carrots , scrubbed, halved and sliced lengthways
• 15g ginger , finely grated
• 2 garlic cloves , finely grated
• 2 tsp oil
• 1 tbsp. curry powder
• 1 vegetable stock cube
• 2 tbsp. tomato purée
• 85g red lentils
• good handful coriander , chopped, plus sprigs to serve
• generous spoonful water drained curd or yogurt
• broccoli , to serve (optional)

Instructions:

• Place the sweet potato in a pan of boiling water and cook for 15 mins, or until tender.
• Meanwhile, heat the oil in a pan and fry the onion and carrot, for 2 minutes
• Add the garlic and ginger and cook, stirring for 1 min more.
• Tip in the curry powder, stir round the pan then add 750ml of the boiling water with the stock cube, tomato purée and lentils.
• Cover the pan and boil for 20 mins until the vegetables are tender and the liquid has been absorbed.
• Stir in the chopped coriander.
• When the sweet potatoes are cooked, drain and mash them with the yogurt and seasoning.
• Spoon the lentil mix into one big or two individual dishes then top with the sweet potato mixture, scatter with the coriander and serve with broccoli, if you like.