Jenny and Reza's Fabulous Food academy is a culinary masterclass with giggling gourmet' Jenny Morris and spice prince Reza Mahammad.
This recipe will teach you how to prepare a delicious offering of sweet potato and green bean lemak.
Ingredients:
- 1-2 tbsp vegetable sunflower oil
- 300g sweet potato cut into bite size
- chunks (if using white sweet potato put into a bowl of water with lemon juice)
- 500ml vegetable/ chicken stock
- 125ml thick coconut milk
- 400g blanched green beans cut into bite size lengths
Ingredients: Spice paste
- 1large echalion shallot finely chopped
- 4 cloves garlic finely chopped
- 2tbsp dried shrimps
- 5 red chillies deseeded finely chopped
- ½ tsp shrimp paste
- 2-3 tbsp water
Instructions:
1. First make the spice paste.
2. Either use a pestle and mortar or blender to grind all the ingredients into a smooth paste.
3. Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed saucepan and sauté the spice paste until fragrant.
4. Now add the sweet potato, stock and coconut milk.
5. Bring to the boil, then simmer until the potatoes are almost fork tender.
6. Then add the beans and continue to cook for a few more minutes until the beans are heated through.
Instructions: Plating
1. Garnish with the coriander and serve with steamed rice.
(Serves 4)
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