Pumpkin curry with chickpeas

Pumpkin curry with chickpeas

A veggie dinner party dish which stands alone as a vegan main course or as a complex side dish perfect served with spiced roast meat or fish

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian, Vegan, Dairy-free

Can be frozen if using vegetable stock

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a sauté pan, then gently fry the curry paste with the onions, lemongrass, cardamom and mustard seed for 2-3 mins until fragrant. Stir the pumpkin or squash into the pan and coat in the paste, then pour in the stock and coconut milk. Bring everything to a simmer, add the chickpeas, then cook for about 10 mins until the pumpkin is tender. The curry can now be cooled and frozen for up to 1 month.
  2. Squeeze the juice of one lime into the curry, then cut the other lime into wedges to serve alongside. Just before serving, tear over mint leaves, then bring to the table with the lime wedges and warm naan breads.
Try

Or why not try...

Using mashed hubbard squash to top a cottage or shepherd's pie.

PER SERVING

293 kcalories, protein 9.0g, carbohydrate 26.0g, fat 18.0 g, saturated fat 10.0g, fibre 0.0g, sugar 10.0g, salt 1.32 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2008.

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  • 31 October 2012

    Fiona_OD rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Sooo delicious! And straightforward...can't wait to try it again :)

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  • 08 November 2012

    MClone rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Not sure why all the rave reviews. I am a Curry Queen but just found this so 1-dimensional at the point of tasting that I had to add loads of stuff and take it miles away from the recipe. also - too much lemongrass.

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  • 14 November 2012

    PatriciaP. commented on this recipe

    This is now my parade recipe for diner with friends. I just love it.

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  • 17 November 2012

    Anna commented on this recipe

    Made this for Halloween dinner. It was lovely and easy to make. Will me making it again soon. Thank you

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  • 18 November 2012

    weeslavey commented on this recipe

    Do you add the cardamom pods whole? I usually open them up to let the seeds out when I cook curry but I normally only use 2 pods. Thanks for advice, recipe looks yummy!

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  • 02 December 2012

    caroline rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really lovely flavours, will use again and again!

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  • 02 December 2012

    caroline commented on this recipe

    Really lovely flavours, will use again and again!

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  • 04 December 2012

    deni rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Easy and delicious!

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  • 06 December 2012

    DitsySoph commented on this recipe

    Scrummie!! I ended up adding some chicken to please the meat eaters in the family, but overall we all throughly enjoyed it :)

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    17 January 2013

    Xia rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 21 January 2013

    bahamarama commented on this recipe

    Love this recipe! Have made it a few times for different friends and family, and it's always a hit.

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  • 27 January 2013

    CBridgeman commented on this recipe

    I used butternut squash and Thai red curry paste (could not get pumpkin and yellow paste at the time). I also added a tea spoon of brown unrefined sugar to slightly enhance the taste and it was so lovely!

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  • 21 February 2013

    Hazah rated this recipe

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  • 25 February 2013

    susskuchen rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this on the weekend for vegan and vegetarian friends, they loved it, I used green curry paste, butternut squash and aubergine to bulk it up also I added a sprinkle of hot chilli powder, was really mild but tasty

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  • 25 February 2013

    susskuchen commented on this recipe

    Also I didn't use the limes or mint leaves and it was still lovely

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  • 01 March 2013

    sk22 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Fantastic and even better as leftovers

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  • 24 March 2013

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  • 02 April 2013

    clarri69 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lovely and I can't wait to make it again. I used red curry paste and less stock and less coconut milk than it stated. I added some red pepper in slices. I used coriander instead of mint but would try mint next time. I was very careful over the cooking so that my butternut squash was nice and firm not soggy. Yum.

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  • 22 April 2013

    nadja rated this recipe

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  • 01 May 2013

    BelindaPope commented on this recipe

    Used red Thai paste as no yellow in tesco. Added basil as well as mint. It was lovely. Going to make a batch for a party soon

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian, Vegan, Dairy-free

Can be frozen if using vegetable stock

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 3 tbsp Thai yellow curry paste
  • 2 onions , finely chopped
  • 3 large stalks lemongrass , bashed with the back of a knife
  • 6 cardamom pods
  • 1 tbsp mustard seed
  • 1 piece pumpkin or a small squash (about 1kg)
  • 250ml vegetable stock
  • 400ml can reduced-fat coconut milk
  • 400g can chickpeas , drained and rinsed
  • 2 limes
  • large handful mint leaves
  • naan bread , to serve
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PER SERVING

293 kcalories, protein 9.0g, carbohydrate 26.0g, fat 18.0 g, saturated fat 10.0g, fibre 0.0g, sugar 10.0g, salt 1.32 g

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