roasted sweet potato and cauliflower curry

Sinus infection. Ugh. I prescribed myself something simple but spicy and made a roasted sweet potato and cauliflower curry inspired by the recipe on page 53 of "Moosewood Restaurant Simple Suppers," a fabulous cookbook full of flavorful but light and easy to make dishes, mostly of the vegetarian variety.

Serves 6

2 large or 3 small sweet potatoes, peeled

2 onions, peeled

1 head of cauliflower

1/4 cup olive oil

salt and pepper

1 13.5 oz can of unsweetened coconut milk

2 cups diced tomatoes

2 tablespoons peeled and grated fresh ginger*

4 tablespoons curry powder

salt and pepper

*a microplane grater is excellent for grating ginger

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

2. Cut onions and sweet potatoes into 1" pieces and spread out onto a baking sheet. Drizzle with 1/2 the olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Toss the vegetables around on the baking sheet to make sure they are coated with the olive oil. Cut cauliflower into bite-size florets and spread onto a second baking sheet. Drizzle with remaining olive oil, season with salt and pepper, and mix to coat the cauliflower florets with the oil.

3. Place both baking sheets in the oven and roast vegetables for at least 20 minutes, maybe up to 25 or 30 minutes for the sweet potatoes and onions. You don't want them to burn, but you do want them to get browned and be fully cooked. Mix the vegetables around on the baking sheet after the first 10 minutes, and then every five minutes thereafter.

4. In the meantime, heat coconut milk, diced tomatoes, ginger, and curry powder in a large pot until just simmering. Season with salt and pepper.

5. When the vegetables are roasted to your satisfaction, turn off the heat on the curry sauce and add the vegetables. Stir to combine and season. Serve with rice or brown rice.

This curry is really not that spicy, (I did use a fairly mild store-bought curry powder though the Moosewood cookbook has a recipe to mix your own), but I will have to confirm that later this week when I can smell/taste things normally again.