Vegan Potato Peanut Curry

You'd never guess how easy it is to make this simple but exotic recipe. You'll be able to make it in under 25 minutes from start to finish, and in a particularly risible example of laughable cheapness, you'll find that it costs a mere 70-75c per serving.


This kind of meal simply makes me laugh out loud at how fun, easy and inexpensive it is to cook healthy and interesting meals at home.
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Vegan Potato Peanut Curry

Ingredients:
1.5 to 2 pounds potatoes, scrubbed, unpeeled, and diced into ~2 inch cubes
1 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes
1 1/2 cups water

2 Tablespoons vegetable oil (olive, corn or canola)
2 Tablespoons tahini sauce
3 Tablespoons peanut butter
4-5 cloves garlic, pressed or minced
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon turmeric

Directions:
1) In a large saucepot, add the potatoes, canned tomatoes and water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.

2) While the potatoes are simmering, combine the oil, tahini, peanut butter, garlic and spices in a separate small saucepan. Heat on medium-low heat for 4-5 minutes, until the peanut sauce simmers and becomes a bit frothy. Remove from heat and add the tahini-peanut butter mixture to the simmering potatoes.

3) Simmer everything for another 10 minutes or so until the potatoes are just tender but firm to the bite. Serve over rice.

Serves 4-5. Can be easily doubled.
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A few brief cooking notes:
1) Don't bother to peel the potatoes unless you really want to. It adds a lot of extra prep work and it removes a lot of healthy nutrients from the dish.

2) Don't be afraid of the full teaspoon of cayenne. The spicy heat really adds a lot of depth to the recipe.

3) A word on tahini for readers unfamiliar with it: tahini is a smooth paste made from ground sesame seeds. Many grocery stores will carry it, but if not, you can always find it in your local health food or ethnic food shops. Most people like tahini, but some people simply cannot abide by the taste. If you're a tahini non-abider, don't bother to make this dish. You aren't gonna like it.

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