Ingredients

1 banana shallot (or red onion)

4 cloves garlic

1 thumb size piece of ginger (1/2 grated and 1/2 chopped)

1 red chilli

1 red pepper

180g mushrooms

100g black rice

300ml plant based milk

2 tbsp coconut cream (optional)

Spices:

1 tsp cumin

1/2 tsp turmeric

1 tsp mustard seeds (sub for 1 level tsp whole grain mustard)

2 bay leaves / curry leaves

Sprig fresh coriander to garnish

Method

Add the black rice to a pot of water and a pinch of salt and bring to boil for around 30 minutes until cooked

Dice the onion or shallot, chopped chilli and 1/2 the ginger and fry in a drizzle of olive oil for 5 minutes

Chop the red pepper and mushrooms and add to the pan along with the spices and mustard seeds and fry for a further 5 minutes

Finely chop the garlic then add to the pan and fry for around 1 minute before adding the plant based milk

Stir and allow to heat on a very low simmer for around 15 minutes

Stir in the gated 1/2 of the ginger and stir in the coconut cream (please feel free to add as much creamed coconut as you like to make this curry extra creamy

Taste test adding salt and pepper then serve up when the rice is cooked!

I added a sprig of coriander and chilli flakes to top