Vegetable and Almond Korma

A warm and fragrant curry perfect for a cold winter’s evening.

• Ingredients

  15g butter

  2 garlic cloves – crushed

  1 onion – sliced

  150g korma curry paste

  500g small potatoes- halved

  375g small carrots

  375g pumpkin or butternut squash – chopped coarsely

  125g baby sweetcorn

  1 small cauliflower- cut into florets

  250ml vegetable stock

  60g ground almonds

  300ml double cream (a plant based alternative can also be used)

  70g flaked almonds – toasted

  1 courgette – coarsely chopped

  60g frozen peas

  2 tsp. black onion seeds

  Serves 4-6

• Method

  Step 1: Place an AGA cast-iron casserole dish in the middle of the Rayburn hotplate. Combine the butter, garlic, korma paste and onion in the casserole dish and mix and cook for 2 minutes.

  Step 2: Then place the potatoes, carrots, butternut squash, sweetcorn and cauliflower into the dish along with the vegetable stock, ground almonds and cream and mix well.

  Step 3: Leave on the Rayburn hotplate until the vegetables are heated through. Once heated, cover with a lid and place into the Rayburn lower oven on simmering for 6 hours.

  Step 4: After 6 hours remove from the oven. Add in courgette and peas, mixing into the curry.

  Step 5: Cover with a lid and place into the Rayburn top oven on roast and cook for a further 15-20 minutes.

  Step 6: Meanwhile, cover the Rayburn hotplate with Bake-O-Glide. Place the flaked almonds on the boiling side of the hotplate to toast.Once cooked, season and sprinkle over the toasted flaked almonds and black onion seeds.

  Serve with lime and coconut rice and flatbreads cooked on the hotplate.