Courgette and Bay

Name: Courgette and Bay
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: ⅛ tsp chilli powder; 2 large courgettes/zucchini, about 400 g/14 oz, chopped into 2 cm/¾ inch cubes; 200 g/7 oz canned chopped tomatoes; juice of ½ lemon; 4 bay leaves; 2½ tsp panch phoron; 1 tsp caster/granulated sugar; 1 large white onion, cut in half and thinly sliced; 4 tbsp vegetable oil; ¼ tsp ground turmeric; 1 tsp salt; 2 small dried red chillies; 1 medium potato, peeled and chopped into 2 cm/¾ inch chunks

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
55 min

Appears in

Mowgli Street Food

By Nisha Katona

Published 2018

About

Courgette/zucchini is one of the most lacklustre vegetables if treated with impropriety. It needs to be dealt with delicately, but we believe in the Hindu kitchen that it needs a kick into flavour. Bay is the spice we use to emulate the strong flavours of the meat spice garam masala. This wakes up wonderful aromatics in the squash. A great pairing.