Recipe: Indian pumpkin curry

Years ago, long before I went to India and knew anything about Indian cuisine, I learned to make my first Indian curry in New Zealand. It tasted terrible, nothing like the Indian curry with the delicious smooth pumpkin flavour I tasted for the first time in a backpackers hostel in rural Australia.

But… after many travels and try outs, this might just be getting close to that original taste….

Directions

Peel pumpkin and scrape out seeds. Cut into bite sized cubes. Finely dice onion and tomatoes.
Heat oil in a large frying pan until very hot. Add chilli and stir fry but don't allow to blacken.
Add mustard then saute until the mustard seeds begin to burst.
Reduce temperature to medium. Saute onion for 4-5 minutes until it begins to brown. Add tomatoes and stir.
Stir in turmeric and curry (only a little at first then taste and adjust if required). Remove chilli and discard.
Add pumpkin and mix well. Add a little water and simmer covered over low heat for 15-20 minutes until the pumpkin can be pierced easily with a knife.
While cooking stir from time to time and add water if necessary. The pumpkin should not boil dry but it should not be soupy.
At this stage you can add various other vegetables like cauliflower, carrot, green peas or even potatoes. They soak up the curry taste in wonderful way.
At the end of cooking stir in coconut and season with salt and pepper.

Serve the meal on an Indian steel plate, add naan, chapati or roti and a side dish or two and your in business ;-)

Ready In: 40 min.

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1kg fresh pumpkin
1 onion
1 can of tomatoes with liquid
1 small dried chilli, seeds removed
1 teaspoon black mustard seeds
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
1 teaspoon (more according to taste) medium-hot curry powder or paste
1 small can of coconut milk
salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

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Recipe: Indian chapati recipy

What to do when in Diu? Borrow the flat pan from the hostel buy some flour and pick a nice spot for a campfire where you make your own chapati!

Fair is fair the local indian chapatis were way better, or to speak in Indian terms: Same, same but different.

Back in Europe though, these Indian wraps win the taste contest by far with the ones you can buy in the stores. If you can even find them in your local store.

INSTRUCTIONS

Place the flour and salt in a large bowl and mix well.
Add 3/4 cup of the water.
Stir gently in a circular motion until the flour starts to gather.
Add 1-2 tablespoons more flour if the dough looks too sticky.
Add more water if it looks too dry and firm.
Knead the flour until it becomes soft and pliable and doesn't stick to your fingers.
Cover the dough with plastic wrap and let the dough rest for at least 1 hour, at room temperature.
Know you can make the chapatis! Heat a (flat) pan over medium-high heat.
Divide the dough into 10 equal sized dough balls.
Roll a dough ball in the flour and flatten it a bit with your hands.
Transfer the flatten ball to a clean flat surface, roll it with a rolling pin into a 15 cm disc.
Place the chapati on the pan and cook for 30 seconds or until its starts to get golden dots., flip over and cook the other side.

…and ready to serve with a delicious curry… Enjoy!

Ready In: 90 min.

Ingredients:

2 cups whole wheat flour or atta (chapati flour)
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup of water
Some extra wheat flour for rolling

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05-05-2020

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Thank you juliettekwee contributed on 16-07-2021 11:21

Thank you for sharing, I love Indian food and with the right advice and right spices Indian food isnt very hard to make. Will try your recipe, looking forward to it!

Juliette