Chicken rice & peas - Veg Power

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 200g diced chicken or beef strips, or veggie alternative
• 200g sweet potato, chopped (frozen pre-diced sweet potato or squash is fine)
• 1 red pepper, chopped
• 1 tbsp curry powder
• 1⁄2 tsp ground ginger or 1 tbsp grated fresh ginger (optional)
• 1 tsp garlic powder (optional)
• 100ml water
• 400g tomatoes, chopped (or 1 400g tin of chopped tomatoes)
• ½ head broccoli, chopped into small florets or bite sized pieces
• 1 tbsp tomato puree
• 1 veg stock cube
• 150ml milk, or plant-based alternative (tinned coconut milk is extra creamy and nice in curry)
• 1 tbsp cornflour (whisked with 1 tbsp water to loosen)
• 1 tbsp fresh coriander, chopped (optional)
• 1 mug rice (ideally basmati, but you can use others and just check package instructions for how long it takes to cook)
• 2 mugs water
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 100g peas (frozen is fine)
• 1⁄2 red pepper, diced
• ½ head broccoli, grated (or 100g defrosted and roughly chopped frozen)