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Sweet potato keema cottage pie

Name: Sweet potato keema cottage pie
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 100g red lentils soaked in cold water; 2 tbsp sunflower oil; 1 onion finely chopped; 2 garlic cloves finely grated; thumb-sized piece of ginger finely grated; 2 tbsp medium curry powder; 400g lamb or beef mince; 2 x 400g cans finely chopped tomatoes; 1 lamb or chicken stock cube; 200g frozen peas; small handful of chopped coriander plus extra to serve; 750g Strong Roots Crispy Sweet Potato Fries; 2 tsp cumin seeds; 2 tsp garam masala; sunflower oil for drizzling; 1 small red onion finely chopped

Barney Desmazery

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Serves 6

Easy

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 1 hr and 40 mins

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Spice up a comfort food classic with an inventive topping of spiced sweet potato fries. Scatter over red onion and chopped coriander just before serving

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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100g red lentils

soaked in cold water
2 tbsp sunflower oil
1 onion

finely chopped
2 garlic cloves

finely grated
thumb-sized piece of ginger

finely grated
2 tbsp medium curry powder
400g lamb or beef mince
2 x 400g cans finely chopped tomatoes
1 lamb or chicken stock cube
200g frozen peas
small handful of chopped coriander

plus extra to serve

For the topping

750g Strong Roots Crispy Sweet Potato Fries
2 tsp cumin seeds
2 tsp garam masala
sunflower oil

for drizzling
1 small red onion

finely chopped

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal631
fat26g
saturates10g
carbs57g
sugars9g
fibre5g
protein41g
salt0.92g

Method

step 1

Rinse the soaked lentils until the water runs reasonably clear, then drain and set aside. Heat the oil in a large, wide pan over a medium-low heat and cook the onion gently for 10-15 mins until soft and lightly golden. Stir in the garlic, ginger and curry powder, and cook for 1-2 mins more until the mixture starts to stick to the pan a little.
step 2

Crumble in the mince and cook for 10-15 mins until it starts to brown. If the pan starts to dry out, drizzle in a little more oil.
step 3

Stir through the tomatoes, lentils, two-thirds of a can of water and the stock cube, and season with salt and pepper. Simmer, covered, for 50-55 mins, stirring occasionally until thickened, then stir in the peas. Taste for seasoning and stir through the chopped coriander.
step 4

Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 8. For the topping, tip the sweet potato fries into a bowl, scatter over the cumin seeds and garam masala, and toss with a drizzle of oil to coat. Spoon the mince mixture into a baking dish, then arrange the sweet potato fries on top in an even layer – try to leave some of the ends poking upwards so they catch and crisp as they cook. Cook for 30-40 mins until the topping is tender and golden at the edges, and the filling bubbles up around the sides. Scatter over the red onion and extra chopped coriander just before serving.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2026

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