Cook's Hideout: Butternut Squash Curry (Revisiting Old Recipes)

March 26, 2013

Butternut Squash Curry (Revisiting Old Recipes)

Blogging Marathon# 26: Week 4/ Day 3
Theme: Revisiting Old Posts with New Pictures
Dish: Thiyya Gummadikaya Kura (Butternut Squash Curry from August 2007
Butternut squash is one vegetable that I buy and keep in the pantry. It doesn't have to be refrigerated, which is a bad thing because I usually end up forgetting that I bought it and it stays in the cabinet for days. Good thing is it is a tough veggie and can be stored in a cool dry place for quite some time. Once the realize I have it and cook with it, I always end up thinking why did I wait for this long!! 
So this time I decided to make 2 dishes with the 2lbs. butternut squash that I bought. I cooked with half of it right away, then microwaved the rest of the pieces and stored it in the fridge for later use. I made a Kale-Butternut Squash risotto with one half and for this curry I used with the microwaved pieces later in the week.
I had blogged this post way back in August of 2007 and I think my pictures have come a long way from then :-)
This curry is tangy, sweet and spicy and once you have the cooked squash in hand, it takes mere minutes to put this dish together.

Ingredients:
Butternut squash - 1 lb. makes about 2 cups chopped
Tamarind paste - 1 tbsp
Green chilies - 2
Red chilies - 2
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 6-8
Hing (Asafoetida) - pinch
Turmeric - pinch
Sambar powder - 1 tsp
Salt - to taste

Method:
  • Place the chopped squash pieces with a pinch of salt in a microwave safe bowl and cook in the microwave for about 6-8 minutes, until the pieces are fork tender. You can also boil the pieces on stove top.
  • In heat 2 tsp oil in a pan, add urad dal, mustard and cumin seeds, hing and curry leaves. 
  • When the seeds splutter, add squash and saute for 2-3 minutes. Add tamarind paste and 1/2 cup of water. Cover and cook on medium low flame for 3-4 minutes. 
  • Add sambar powder and salt, cook for another 2-3 minutes. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with rice.
Lets check out what my fellow marathoners have cooked up today for BM# 26.
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13 comments:

  1. Very beautiful curry and that serving pan looks damn cute..Its been a while i prepared this butternut squash curry.

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  2. A healthy curry and what a beautiful capture, couldn't take my eyes from your clicks...

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  3. wow that should be a nice side for roti or pulao!! looks very interesting..
    Sowmya
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  4. The pictures are beautiful and the bowl looks so cute. I too forget about veggies in the fridge, cabbage suffers the most because of my memory (and laziness) :D.

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  5. love the addition of sambar pwd to the dish..well presented inviting lunch Pavani!

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  6. beautiful picturs and equally pretty serving dish

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  7. awww!! love that cute lil pan, curry looks delicious!!! :)

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  8. Very nice. Looks so colourful.

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  9. Punjabis make it in the similar way. Love the tangy spicy goodness <3

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  10. neat and inviting pictures..looks yumm

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  11. Good one...the fate of the butternut squash at my place is similar :)

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  12. Loved the cute pan and the dish looks so colourful and yumm

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  13. this is one of my favorite veggies but never realized it did not have to be refrigerated

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