Spicy Sweet Potato Quinoa Power Bowl
Serves 2
Quick and easy to make, this recipe is super filling for lunch and high in fibre, due to the inclusions of sweet potato and quinoa.
• 1 medium sweet potato
• 2 tbsp Banhoek Chilli Oil
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tsp garlic
• 1 tsp thyme
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 90g (3.18oz) quinoa
• 1 vegetable stock cube
• 1 large handful rocket
• 1 lime
• Small handful of crushed peanuts
For the peanut sauce:
• 118ml (4fl oz) full fat coconut milk • 118ml (4fl oz) creamy peanut butter • 1 tbsp red Thai paste
• 1 tbsp white cider vinegar (could also use apple cider vinegar)
• 1 tbsp tamari/soy sauce
• 1 tsp coconut sugar/brown sugar
1 Preheat the oven to 200°C/390°F/Gas 6.
2 Cut the sweet potato into small chunks and place them on a baking tray. Drizzle the Banhoek Chilli Oil and olive oil on top along with the garlic, thyme, cinnamon and black pepper. Shake everything about so that the sweet potato chunks are evenly coated.
3 Place the baking tray in the oven for 25 mins.
4 Add 235ml (8fl oz) of water to a saucepan and wait for it to start boiling. Rinse the quinoa before adding it to the saucepan along with the vegetable stock cube (the stock cube is optional but gives the quinoa a bit of flavour) and fluff the quinoa with a fork before placing a lid on top of the saucepan for 20 minutes on low heat, checking on it occasionally and giving the quinoa a stir.
5 Prepare the peanut sauce by adding all the ingredients to a blender. Blend until completely smooth, adjusting the flavours to taste. If the sauce is too thick due to the consistency of the peanut butter then add a bit more coconut milk. Set the sauce aside.
6 In two separate bowls, add a handful of fresh rocket (you could use spinach or some other kind of mixed leaves if you don't like rocket). The quinoa should be ready at around the same time so once all the water has absorbed into the quinoa, remove from the heat and serve it up into the two bowls.
7 Once the sweet potato is cooked, remove the tray from the oven and scoop an even amount of sweet potato into each bowl (be warned, it will be very spicy).
8 Finally top off each bowl with as much or as little of the sauce as you would like. You could also squeeze half a lime on top of each bowl for even more flavour and sprinkle some crushed peanuts on top!