Better with Brita:
Water as an Ingredient
&
Potato & Kale Curry
Better with Brita: Water as an Ingredient & Potato & Kale Curry
It’s odd how many recipes never have water as an ingredient, and yet we use it all the time in numerous recipes, especially when cooking vegetables, stews, rice, pulses, beverages, soups and sauces; it’s never listed and yet it is an essential ingredient. As I live in a hard water area in North Yorkshire (and when at my home in South West France) I am a big lover of water filters, and like many people, I CAN see the difference between filtered and non-filtered water especially when making hot beverages, as well as in my everyday cooking. At the end of last year, Lisa Faulkner, TV presenter, actress and winner of Celebrity MasterChef, joined forces with BRITA to launch the “Better with Brita” food and drink campaign. The campaign is designed to bring to our attention just how much we all use water in our cooking and to show how much better BRITA filtered water is when used as an ingredient in our kitchens. As part of her association with BRITA, Lisa created some lovely recipes, where water is an essential ingredient, and it was her Potato and Kale Curry that recently caught my eye, so I decided to make it using BRITA filtered water as a key ingredient.
Potato and Kale Curry Recipe Card
I have copied the full recipe below, and as you can see, the recipe uses beautiful seasonal ingredients such as curly kale and new potatoes, as well as fresh coriander, coconut milk and hot red chillies. The recipe is simplicity itself to make, and is packed full of tantalising tastes and flavours with the curly kale making a star appearance. Using filtered water makes the liquid in the base stock of this recipe clearer and without that “film” that appears on top of water, gravy and hot drinks when you use non-filtered water; plus the flavours are undoubtedly cleaner and fresher. I made this for a light lunch for my family, including my vegetarian parents, and we all loved it, even my “chilli hating” husband! I can see this recipe being a family staple when new potatoes and curly kale are in season. My fresh vegetables were all locally sourced from the Farm Shop just down the road, so as well as being seasonal, they were local too, which in my book is a “win win”.
But now some exciting news! As part of the ongoing “Better with BRITA” campaign, I am very pleased to announce my role as an “Ambassador” with BRITA in the UK. I will be working with them on their ongoing campaign for “Better with BRITA” for the next 4 months, and as well as testing one of their new filter taps, (soon to be installed in my kitchen) I will also be on their judging panel for the latest BRITA competition to be launched in May this year (2014). The contest is being run in conjunction with Delicious magazine and will be hosted on the Delicious website – and I’m being featured along with the other judges in the June edition of the magazine, which is also very exciting! Watch out for the start of the competition on the 1st May, when I will be sharing all the relevant links and entry mechanism here on Lavender and Lovage. As well as the National contest, please remember to come back for a special Lavender and Lovage Giveaway, where I am pleased to be able to offer a FABULOUS “Better with BRITA” hamper of Marella jugs, Fill&Go bottles and filter cartridges – all in colours of your choice, so stay tuned for that!
Better with Brita: Water as an Ingredient & Potato & Kale Curry
In the meantime, I will leave you with this wonderful curry recipe, perfect for vegetarians and meat eaters alike, and also a fabulous recipe for all you chilli heads out there! That’s all for today, keep popping back for more information about the big BRITA and Delicious Magazine contest, as well as my BRITA giveaway, Karen
Potato & Kale Curry
Disclaimer: Sponsored Post – I was paid a fee for working with BRITA as an ambassador as well as receiving a BRITA Filter Tap (RRP £499), a BRITA Water Jug (RRP £33), 4 x BRITA Fill&Go Bottles (RRP £14:99) and relevant cartridges.
Potato & Kale Curry
Print recipe
| Serves | 4 |
| Prep time | 10 minutes |
| Cook time | 45 minutes |
| Total time | 55 minutes |
| Dietary | Vegetarian |
| Meal type | Lunch, Main Dish, Side Dish, Snack, Soup |
| Misc | Pre-preparable, Serve Hot |
| Occasion | Casual Party |
| Region | Thai |
| By author | Lisa Faulkner |
Ingredients
- 1 kg curly kale
- olive oil
- 1 fresh lime
- 1 tin coconut milk
- 1 bunch coriander, chopped
- 2 fresh red chillies, chopped
- 2 onions, chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 tsp chopped ginger
- 225g new potatoes, boiled and cut in half (or use sweet potatoes or butternut squash)
- salt and pepper
Note
A spicy, tasty and yet "clean" tasting vegetarian dish that is made with curly kale, baby potatoes and coconut milk. The recipe was created for the Better with Brita campaign by Lisa Faulkner.
Directions
| Step 1 | Bring pan of BRITA filtered water to the boil, add the curly kale and then remove as soon as the water comes back to the boil. |
| Step 2 | In a separate pan heat the oil, add the chillies, onions, garlic and ginger and cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring continuously so as not to brown. Add the halved potatoes, which have already been cooked in BRITA filtered water for 25 minutes and the cooked curly kale, stir for a further 5 minutes. |
| Step 3 | Add the coconut milk and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the chopped coriander and the juice of 1 lime, season and serve as a side dish or a great vegetarian curry option. |
Potato & Kale Curry
Deena kakaya says
Looks lovely and fresh Karen, your pics are gorgeous as always x
Karen Burns-Booth says
Thanks so much Deena! I have been ill with flu’ and could do with some of this right now!
Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry says
You are right about people not listing water as an ingredient – But it is defo used a lot. I am one of the unlucky few who have never tried a brita filter. Something it seems like I need to amend.
Karen Burns-Booth says
Glad to hear you have a water filter now Bintu!
Dominic says
how funny that we both posted very similar coconut based curry’s… yours looks so delicious and SO trendy with trendy Kale i there… I love it, it really looks beautiful. D xx
Karen Burns-Booth says
I know Dom! Spooky eh? This is not my recipe, but it was amazing all the same!
Hannah says
Lately we’ve been eating spicy chorizo and kale soup a lot that it’s starting to get a lot overplayed! This is a nice variation!
Karen Burns-Booth says
LOVE the combo of chorizo and kale together Hannah – I have a salad recipe on L and L that has that as a combo!
Sylvia says
Great recipe for curry Karen! I’m a big fan of curries so I always look for new recipes to try out 😉
Karen Burns-Booth says
Thanks Sylvia! I am a BIG fan of curries too!
Choclette says
Fab news Karen and the curry looks absolutely delicious. We have Kale and weirdly I’ve just dug up some potatoes which seem to be in better shape than those harvested in the autumn!
Karen Burns-Booth says
Time to rustle up a curry then Choclette!
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says
Mmmmm, I love adding kale to currys. A delicious and fresh recipe 🙂
Karen Burns-Booth says
And healthy too Dannii! 😉
Glamorous Glutton says
A Brita filter makes a massive difference to the water. I always filter my water, who wants cloudy tea? This curry looks so very, very tasty. Really appetising and just right for this time of year. GG
Karen Burns-Booth says
I agree GG – tea and coffee is so much better with filtered water! 🙂
Nayna Kanabar (@citrusspiceuk) says
This curry looks so delicious and tasty.
Karen Burns-Booth says
Thanks Nayna!
Nayna Kanabar (@citrusspiceuk) says
This curry looks so delicious and tasty , I have never cooked with Kale and I think its about time I added it to my shopping list.
Karen Burns-Booth says
THANKS again Nayna!
The Kitchenmaid says
Well done you – or should I be saying, ‘Ambassador, you are spoiling us’!
I have to admit I laughed when I saw the title of your post and thought of the Emperor’s New Clothes (as in, ‘try this lovely water curry, it’s delicious’) but I have to agree, water quality DOES make such a difference. We are so lucky to live in places where it comes out of the tap safe to drink to start with – and if it doesn’t need filtering, even luckier!
Karen Burns-Booth says
Yes your ambassadorship is fine Lucy! LOL! Yes, it could have been the emperor’s new clothes, but when you think about it, it’s an ingredient that never gets added! Karen
Marina says
I guess we just figure everyone has water. Good point though, thank you.
Love the look of this soup! I will try to make ut, hopefully it works for me that looks delicious . Thank you for sharing!
Karen Burns-Booth says
DO try this soup Marina, it is wonderful and so easy to make too!
Chloe King says
This curry is just what I fancy right now, beautiful photographs as always! And congrats on your Photography BiB nomination, you have my vote 🙂
Karen Burns-Booth says
THANKS so much Chloe! I was thrilled to be nominated and I was delighted to see you there too, as you know, you got my vote! 🙂
Mary says
Karen this looks so good! isn’t it amazing – you really don’t need the stock 🙂
Mary
Caroline Taylor says
It does make a difference doesn’t it! This sounds lovely Karen, a great meat free meal.