Who's up for trying out a recipe that will be fuelling one of our athletes into next month's British Para-Swimming International Meet? European medallist Grace Harvey has you sorted with her favourite satay sweet potato curry dish for #FuelMyFriday.
Grace returned to competitive action in the familiar surroundings of the Manchester Aquatics Centre in February, when her standout swim saw her narrowly miss out on Women's MC 200m Individual Medley victory. Harvey notched an impressive 925 points in a stroke-for-stroke battle with fellow S6 swimmer Maisie Summers-Newton, who ultimately won out with a tally of 943.
As April's BPSIM - which double as the Paralympic trials - in Sheffield get ever closer, Grace's preparations will be steadily building. One key aspect of those preparations away from the pool is nutrition - and the 2018 European 100m Backstroke bronze medallist has this vegan meal as her go-to choice to cook up in the kitchen. Over to you, Grace...
This curry is great! It's super easy to make and it tastes amazing. One change I've made to the original recipe I saw for this is to use plain yogurt or coconut-flavoured yogurt instead of coconut milk. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 500g sweet potato, cut into chunks
- 1 red onion, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, grated
- Pinch of grated ginger
- 3 tbsp vegan Thai red curry paste
- 1 tbsp peanut butter
- 400ml plain or coconut-flavoured yogurt
- 150g spinach, washed
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 200ml water
- Basmati rice, to serve
Method
- Place a pan on medium heat, melt one tablespoon of coconut oil and then add the diced red onion, softening for five minutes.
- Add the grated garlic and ginger and cook for one further minute.
- Add the sweet potato chunks (peeled before you cut), Thai red curry paste and the peanut butter to the pan, then stir in the 400ml of yogurt and 200ml of water.
- Bring the mixture to the boil then turn down the heat and leave to simmer for 30 minutes/until the sweet potato is softened to your liking.
- Stir in the spinach and season to your liking. Serve with basmati rice and enjoy!
Head on over to the Health Hub section of the British Swimming website to check out more #FuelMyFriday recipes...