Peanut Curry with Butterfly Pea Noodles and Crispy King Oyster Mushrooms

Prep Time
10 Minutes
Cook Time
25 Minutes
Total Time
35 Minutes
Yields
Serves 2
Ingredients

Peanut Curry:

  • 385 g light coconut milk
  • 85 g creamy peanut butter, unsweetened
  • 40 g low-sodium Tamari (or soy sauce, non-gluten-free option)
  • ¼ tsp cayenne powder
  • 8-10 g fresh ginger
  • 13 g fresh garlic
  • ¼ tsp salt(or to taste)
  • 16 g sesame oil (or to preference)
  • 9 g cumin seeds
  • 80 g chopped or thinly sliced onions
  • 210 g mixed vegetables of choice
  • 170 g ready-to-eat black beans (or protein of choice)
  • Garnish: chopped spring onions, chilli oil and/or sesame seeds

Butterfly Pea Noodles:

  • 6 g Blue Butterfly Pea Supercolor Powder (from Suncore Foods®)
  • 185 g rice noodles (+ water for cooking)

Crispy King Oyster Mushrooms:

  • 185 g king oyster mushrooms, prepped and halved length-wise
  • 90 g gluten-free 1-to-1 flour (or regular flour, non-gluten-free option)
  • 7 g garlic powder
  • 5 g onion powder
  • 3 g paprika
  • 6 g salt(or to taste)
  • 175 g water
  • Oil for shallow frying
Equipment Needed
Instructions

Peanut Curry:

  1. Place coconut milk, peanut butter, Tamari, cayenne powder, ginger, garlic and salt in a blender and blend until well combined. You shouldn’t have any ginger or garlic pieces left. Set aside.
  2. Place a large pot on medium heat.Once hot, drizzle sesame oil and spread it around evenly. Add cumin seeds and cook for 1 minute. Mix in onions and cook until onions are golden-brown.
  3. Add blended coconut mixture and mix well. Cook for 30 seconds to a minute and mix in veggies and black beans.
  4. Bring to boil and reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and cook for 10 minutes while stirring every 3 minutes. When ready, remove from heat, stir and cover the pot again for 10 minutes. Serve with Blue Butterfly Pea noodles and crispy mushrooms. Garnish before serving.

Butterfly Pea Noodles:

  1. Follow your preferred method to cook rice noodles. Dissolve Blue Butterfly Pea Supercolor Powder in the water before adding the noodles.

Crispy King Oyster Mushrooms:

  1. Prep mushrooms and set aside.
  2. Combine flour, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika and salt. Mix in water to ready the batter.
  3. Place a pan on medium-high heat.Once hot, drizzle a generous amount of oil, to shallow fry the mushrooms.
  4. Dip the mushrooms in batter and place them on the pan. Reduce the heat to medium and cook for 2 minutes on both sides, until the batter is brown and crispy. You should see any raw batter spots remaining. Serve with peanut curry and noodles.