Yellow Squash Curry

- Submitted by Dahlia

(Yellow Squash Kurma, Yellow Squash ki Sabzi)

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Yellow Squash is a vegetable which I first saw after coming to the US. I was very much attracted by its beautiful colour. I got to know from my American friends that this vegetable can be eaten raw. So I tried it in raitas or salad. It is a watery vegetable. So you can use this in any recipe which uses pumpkin or ash gourd.

Todays recipe is a curry, with an Indian touch given to this veggie. Believe me it works excellent. The same recipe can be made using Zucchini, Bottle Gourd or Pumpkin. This creamy Yellow Squash curry goes very well with rice and roti.

Recipe For Yellow Squash Curry

Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients

• Yellow Squash - 1 (cubed)
• Onion - 1 (finely chopped)
• Green chili - 1 (minced)
• Tomato -1 (chopped)
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp 
• Red chili powder - 1 tsp 
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp 
• Coriander powder - 1 tsp 
• Garam Masala - 1/4 tsp
• Coconut milk - 1/4 cup 
• Salt - to taste
• Mustard Seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Curry leaves -5 leaves
• Cilantro - for garnish
• Oil - 2 tbsp 

Method

1. Heat oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds, cumin seeds and curry leaves.
2. Add chopped onion and green chili and saute nicely, followed by ginger garlic paste. 
3. Add chopped tomatoes and sate till everything forms a gravy.
4. Now add the yellow squash and fry along with turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriander powder, garam masala and salt. Cover and cook till the squash is cooked adding little water as needed.
5. Add coconut milk and let the gravy simmer for few minutes.
6. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serving Suggestion

• Serve the yellow squash curry with chapati or plain rice.

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Comment by Deepika Nathan
         Hi Dahlia! This recipe turned out really well.. Is there a way we can make this vegetable dry-ish instead of in the gravy style? Thanks!
~Deepika
 
Reply :-
         Yes you can. In the same recipe, skip the coconut milk and reduce the spices.

 Comment by RESHMA TONSE
         Hi,
This Squash recipie is very easy. A small piece of Jaggary will make it Superb.
 
Reply :-
           Hey Reshma. Thanks for sharing your comments and tips.

Comment by pranil jadhav
          hi
really i like thise recipe. and the method to make thise recipe is so eassy. thanxs mam.
 
Reply :-
          Thank You Pranil.

 Comment by  Jyothi Nair
          Hi Dahlia,
May I know what do u call "Yellow squash" in Malayalam please?
 
Reply :-
          Hi Jyothi, I dont think this vegetable is found in India. Hence it may not have a malayalam name. But you can try the same recipe with any squash varieties like Bottlegourd (Churakkai), Ashgourd (Kumbalainga), Pumpkin (Matthanga) etc.
 

Comment by  Megha Suryawanshi
          Hi, 

I tried this recipe today and my husband who doesn't like squash much, loved the curry. 

Thanks
 
Reply :-
          Good to know that your husband liked the curry. I'll soon be posting more curries with squash.

Comment by Ash F. on 11 August 2009 23:02PM
           thanks for the recipe...will try it tonight!
 
Reply :-
          sure... do try and come back with the feedback...

 Comment by  Kris Mavity on 22 July 2009 16:50PM
          Hi Dahlia,
I am an American trying to impress my wife's family. Your recipe worked! My in laws said it was lovely. They already know I make the best Aloo Gobi in the States, but this gave me another dish to work on and perfect. On the first try though - they were quite impressed. Thanks.

I don't know if this post will be answered or not but if it is - I have suddenly taken a real interest in Hing, or asafoetida. If you have any recipes where this features prominently or if you can give me tips on using it effectively, I would love to hear back from you.

Best regards, Kris
 
Reply :-
           Hi Kris, Good to hear about you cooking skills. Do continue to try many more new dishes.
 
About hing, it is used in many gravies and pickles. Since it is said to aid digestion and reduce flatulence, it is mainly used in any recipe made with lentils or potatoes. Most of the dals, sambhar, rasam, buttermilk curry has a prominent flavour of hing. Do go through the different vegetarian curry recipes in the website. You can see that most of them use hing.  
    Happy Cooking!!!

Comment by dicksha golap on 10 June 2009 09:48AM
           good food
 
Reply :-
           Thanks Dicksha.