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Prep: 10 mins // Cooking time: 25 minutes

Ingredients list:

• 2 ripe (not overripe) plantains, sliced
• If you are using overripe (black) plantain, add it to the pot later in the cooking process so it doesn't turn to mush
  
• 1 medium-sized sweet potato, chopped into <1 inch chunks
• 2 handfuls (a good bunch) of fresh spinach, washed and coarsely chopped (Kale is another option, if you prefer)
  
• 1 medium brown onion, chopped
• 1 large shallot/2 medium shallots, chopped
• 1 pointed sweet pepper, chopped
• 1 can of coconut milk
• 1 tin of chopped tomatoes
  
• 1 tin of kidney beans (in water or chilli sauce, which you shouldn't drain)
• 1 heaped table spoon of Mild Caribbean Curry Powder (I recommend Dunns River, or anything mostly mustard, coriander and tumeric)
• 4 crushed garlic cloves
• 250ml water (or less, depending on how 'thick and hearty' you want this to be)
  
• optional: Scotch bonnet or similar chilli pepper to add heat.
  
• 2 tbsp your favourite cooking oil (vegetable, sunflower or coconut oil all work well)
  
• Fresh thyme or parsley
• Pinch of salt (for spinach/kale)
  

Cooking instructions

1. Heat oil in large non-stick Dutch/enamelled Iron pot (Orange colour not essential) and melt the coconut oil on low-medium heat.
2. Saute the shallots, onion and garlic until soft and translucent.
3. Once the onions and so fourth are sauteed, add the bell peppers and cook for roughly 5 minutes until the peppers have become soft.
4. Add thyme, chopped tomatoes, curry powder
5. Stir all of the spices into the vegetables for about 2 minutes until they become fragrant.
6. Add the kidney beans, sweet potato and plantain (only add the plantain now if it is firm, not over ripe) along with the scotch bonnet (or other hot chilli), coconut milk and water.
7. Bring the pot to a rolling boil, cover with a lid, reduce the heat to medium/low and simmer for about 25 minutes.
8. Carefully fold in the spinach 5 minutes before the given cooking time and sprinkle some salt
   
9. Serve :)