serves
4
prep
30 minutes
cook
30 minutes
difficulty
Mid
serves
4
people
preparation
30
minutes
cooking
30
minutes
difficulty
Mid
level
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 white onion, sliced
- 2 long red chillies, thinly sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
- 1 ½ tbsp red curry paste
- 1 tbsp finely grated ginger
- 350 g pumpkin or butternut squash, skin and seeds removed cut into 2 cm pieces
- 1 large eggplant, cut into 2 -3 cm pieces
- 6 snake beans, cut into 3 cm pieces
- 100 g kundru, cut into 2 cm chunks
- 3-4 curry leaves
- 400 g tin chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 270 ml coconut milk
- Naan bread and coarsely chopped coriander, to serve
Instructions
1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium heat and cook the onion for 3-4 minutes or until softened. Add the chilli and garlic and cook for 1-2 minutes, then stir in the curry paste and cook until fragrant. If at any stage the pan gets too hot, add a splash of water to bring the temperature down.
2. Add the ginger, pumpkin, eggplant and snake beans and stir to combine. Increase the heat to high and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add the kundru, curry leaves, chickpeas and coconut milk. Reduce the heat to low, cover and cook for 10-15 minutes or until the vegetables are tender, but still have bite.
Serve in warmed bowls scattered with chopped coriander and a few slices of naan bread on the side to mop up the delicious sauce.
Note:
Native to the Indian subcontinent, kundru is also known as Ivy gourd, tindora and tendali. Grown as a tropical vegetable, kundru look like small cucumbers and both the fruit and the leaves are edible.
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Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
