Sri Lankan Vegetarian Curry Recipe

Ingredients

• for frying oil
• 2 onions halved and sliced
• 2 cloves garlic sliced
• 3 green chillies sliced
• 2 tbsp (see below) Sri Lankan curry powder
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 400g tin coconut milk
• 200ml vegetable stock
• 200g butternut squash cubed
• 1 small cauliflower broken into small florets
• 100g runner beans trimmed and sliced
• 10 curry leaves
• 1 tsp black mustard seeds
• steamed rice to serve
• 2 tsp coriander seeds
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1/2 star anise
• ½ stick broken cinnamon
• 6 cloves
• 2 pods cardamom
• ½ tsp black peppercorns
• 1 tsp fennel seeds
• ½ tsp fenugreek
• 3-5 (depending on how hot you like it) small dried red chillis
• 1 tbsp basmati or jasmine rice