Vegetable Coconut Curry makes a great, super-flavorful, easy weeknight meal. It’s healthy comfort food at its finest. Enjoy it right away or make it ahead. Vegan and gluten-free.
What Is Curry Powder?
Curry powders are a combination of dried spices blended together that includes turmeric, which gives it its signature yellow color, and other spices such as ginger, garlic, coriander, cumin, cinnamon, cloves, mustard seed, fennel seed and black pepper.
Canned coconut milk usually has a thick, cream-like consistency. It is higher in fat, and is typically used for baking or cooking.
This easy vegetable curry recipe with coconut milk is super versatile. Add your favorite ingredients and make to your own personal taste. You can definitely switch up the veggies and use whatever you have on hand. Mushrooms, snow peas, green beans, peas, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, all would be great in this.
Vegetable Coconut Curry is packed with vegetables, full of beautiful colors and textures, and all-around the perfect healthy-ish meal. It’s just exotic enough, but still approachable. Having recipes like this at our fingertips makes life simple and delicious! And the best part? It makes for the perfect leftovers all week long.
Easy Vegetable Coconut Curry
Ingredients
- 3 medium yellow squash (chopped)
- 1 red bell pepper (chopped)
- 4 cups fresh kale (torn into pieces with center ribs removed)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves (minced)
- 1 can coconut milk (13.5 fl oz)
- ¾ cup water
- 3 tablespoons curry powder
- Salt to taste
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro (chopped)
Instructions
- In a large skillet or pot, heat the oil over medium heat.
- Add the yellow squash, bell pepper, and salt to the skillet and cook stirring occasionally about 5 minutes. Add the kale and garlic and cook for 1 more minute.
- Add curry powder and combine with vegetables. Add coconut milk and water. Combine and bring to a boil, then immediately reduce heat to low. Simmer coconut curry sauce for about 5 minutes.
- Add more salt, to taste, if desired.
- Garnish with cilantro and enjoy warm over brown rice or quinoa.