Spiced Tomato Topped Sweet Potatoes

This nutritious and filling spicy tomato mixture is so versatile. It can be made a day ahead, and used for topping baked sweet potatoes or simply served alongside brown rice or pasta. A good grating of parmesan cheese also makes for a delcious topping.  

Spiced Tomato Topped Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients

2tbsp olive oil

1 onion, finely diced

1 leek, peeled and finely diced

1 stick celery, finely diced

1 red pepper, finely diced

2 carrots, finely diced

Sea salt and black pepper

2tbsp Thai red curry paste

2 x 400g tin of tomatoes

1tbsp sugar

4 medium-sized sweet potatoes

1 x 400g tin of chickpeas, drained and rinsed

Handful kale, tough stalk removed, roughly chopped

200g plain natural yogurt

To Serve

Fresh parsley, roughly chopped

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 220°C/ fan 200°C/gas mark 7.
2. Add one tablespoon of the olive oil to a large saucepan, and place over a low heat. Add the onion and leek and sauté for 10 minutes, stirring regularly.
3. Add the celery, red pepper, and carrot. Season with a little salt and pepper. Stir to combine and sauté for a further 3 minutes.
4. Stir through the curry paste and add the tomatoes and sugar.
5. Bring to a simmer over a low heat for 30 minutes, but regularly stir to avoid the mixture sticking to the bottom of the pan.
6. To prepare the sweet potatoes, scrub them well, and cut them in half, diagonally. Drizzle the cut side with a little olive oil, and place, cut side down, on a baking tray. Place in the hot oven for 35-40 minutes, depending on the size of the potatoes. When cooked, they will be caramelised on the edges and if you were to squeeze them, cautiously, they’d have a little give.  
7. To the saucepan, add the chickpeas and kale. Stir to combine and simmer for an additional 10 minutes.
8. Before serving, stir through 150g of the natural yogurt.
9. Once cooked through, take the sweet potatoes from the oven. Place two halves on each plate and top generously with the spiced tomato mixture. Sprinkle over some of the chopped parsley and add a dollop of natural yogurt.