10 sweet potato curry recipes

Vegan sweet potato curry with onions, curry powder, and red pepper flakes, simmered until tender and thickened into a glossy sauce. A simple, budget-friendly one-pan dinner.

Southern-style curried sweet potatoes: tender sweet potatoes with Madras curry, plump apricots, and raisins. A warmly spiced side dish that bridges Southern and Indian cooking.

Sweet potato mini bundt cakes with currants and fresh orange peel, rolled in cinnamon sugar while warm. Low-fat and made without butter or oil.

A savory vegetable stew made with dry lentils, potatoes and a bit of sherry.

Broiled salmon glazed with balsamic vinegar, Dijon, and brown sugar, served with a homemade curried eggplant chutney simmered with mustard seeds and red bell pepper. Dinner-party elegant, weeknight doable.

A vegetable curry pot pie filled with sweet potato, eggplant, mushrooms, and peas in a fragrant sauce, topped with a sticky brown rice crust instead of pastry. Plant-based comfort food with Indian flair.

Curry-spiced ground beef, potatoes, and peas folded into flaky crescent roll triangles with a sweet-heat honey lime dipping sauce. A quick Indian-American fusion appetizer ready in 30 minutes.

Slow cooker curry lentil stew with sweet potato, sherry, and warm spices. Indian-inspired vegetarian stew served over fragrant basmati or jasmine rice.

Creamy leek soup blended smooth with apples, potato, carrots, orange juice, and a hint of curry. A one-pot pureed soup with a sweet, earthy flavor and no cream needed.

Use fresh rosemary, if possible (many supermarkets carry it). The flavor it imparts to the lamb will be far superior to that of dried. If you like, white potatoes may be substituted for the sweet potatoes, and turnips for the parsnips. You can also flavor lamb by covering it with lemon slices before roasting.