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MINCE CURRY STUFFED BUTTERNUT SQUASH

Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian

Ingredients
  

  • 2 whole butternuts
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 500 g lamb mince (or any mincemeat you prefer)
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 small onion (sliced)
  • a few curry leaves,
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • ½ tsp tsp jeera seeds,
  • ½ tsp fennel seeds
  • ½ tsp turmeric
  • 3-4 tsp madras curry powder (or kind you prefer)
  • 2 tsp ginger garlic paste
  • 2 tbsp tomato purée
  • 1 cup water
  • freshly chopped coriander
  • Garlic Sauce
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 1-2 tsp finely chopped garlic
  • cup whole milk

Instructions
 

  • Slice butternut squash through the middle into two pieces.
  • Clean out the seeds and wipe the butternut squash out.
  • Preheat oven to 170 degrees celcius
  • Place butternut squash pieces, flesh side up onto a baking tray.
  • Drizzle olive oil, salt, and pepper to taste.
  • Bake for 25-30 minutes or until butternut squash is soft, crisp, and nicely toasted.
  • In the meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, fry onions and whole spices in the oil over medium heat.
  • Brown the mincemeat, stirring occasionally
  • Add in the fine spices, ginger garlic paste salt, pepper to taste, tomato purée and water and allow to simmer until the meat is cooked.
  • Garlic Sauce
  • Melt butter in a small saucepan and stir in the flour over low heat.
  • Fry in the garlic and slowly pour in the milk to form a pourable sauce.
  • Season with salt and pepper.
  • Assemble:
  • Remove the butternut squash from the oven, scoop out some of the flesh and mix into the cooked mince.
  • Spoon the mince and butternut mixture back into the butternut skins and pour over with the garlic sauce.
  • Garnish with freshly chopped coriander.

Notes

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Keyword Butternut, Curry, Garlic, Squash