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Red Lentil Sweet Potato Curry with Shrimp

Silky, gingery red lentils simmered with sweet potato, peas and spinach, topped with juicy curry-spiced shrimp and a squeeze of lime.

Red Lentil Sweet Potato Curry with Shrimp

Ingredients

  • 1 cup200 gRed lentils, dryrinsed
  • 14 oz400 gShrimp
  • 2½ medium300 gSweet potatoespeeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
  • 1½ medium160 gYellow oniondiced
  • 4 cloves12 gGarlicminced
  • 2½ tbsp grated15 gFresh gingergrated
  • 1 cup chopped150 gRed bell pepperdiced
  • 1 cup134 gGreen peas, frozen
  • 3 cups loosely packed90 gBaby spinach
  • 2 tbsp32 gTomato paste
  • 1½ tbsp10 gCurry powder
  • 2 tsp4 gGround cumin
  • ¾ tsp2 gGround turmeric
  • 1½ tbsp20 gCanola oil
  • 4 cups950 gWater
  • ¾ tsp5 gSalt
  • 2 tbsp30 gLime juice
  • ⅔ cup chopped10 gFresh cilantrochopped

Steps

  1. Prep first: dice the onion and bell pepper, mince the garlic, grate the ginger, cube the sweet potato and rinse the red lentils.
  2. Pat the shrimp dry and toss with one quarter of the curry powder and one third of the salt; set aside in the fridge.
  3. Heat half of the canola oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion and bell pepper and cook until soft, about 6 minutes.
  4. Stir in the garlic, ginger, the cumin, the turmeric and the remaining three quarters of the curry powder; cook 1 minute until fragrant. Stir in the tomato paste and cook 1 minute more.
  5. Add the red lentils, sweet potato, water and the remaining two thirds of the salt. Bring to a boil, then cover partly and simmer, stirring now and then, until the lentils break down and the sweet potato is tender, about 20 minutes.
  6. Stir in the peas and spinach and simmer 3 minutes until the spinach wilts; keep warm over low heat.
  7. Meanwhile, heat the remaining half of the canola oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Sear the shrimp 1 to 2 minutes per side until pink and opaque.
  8. Stir the lime juice into the curry, ladle into bowls, top with the shrimp and scatter with the cilantro.

Contains: Shellfish.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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