Creamy Fenugreek-Spiced Pumpkin

Name: Creamy Fenugreek-Spiced Pumpkin
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp caster/granulated sugar; ⅛ tsp chilli powder; 1 pumpkin, around 500 g/1 lb 2 oz, peeled and chopped into 5 cm/2 inch chunks; ¼ tsp ground turmeric; 1 large dried red chilli; 1 tsp fenugreek seeds; 1 large white onion, chopped into 1 cm/½ inch cubes; 200 ml/7 fl oz/scant 1 cup full-cream/whole milk; 4 tbsp vegetable oil

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

Mowgli Street Food

By Nisha Katona

Published 2018

About

Indians love pumpkins. They grow everywhere and we love the way that their sweet, dense flesh holds up to a simmer in this intriguing, delicately spiced milk sauce.

Ingredients

4 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp fenugreek seeds
1 large dri

Asia
India
Main course
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Put the oil in a large non-stick frying pan and set over a medium-high heat. When hot, add the fenugreek seeds and fry until they turn golden. Add the dried red chilli and the onion and fry for 8 minutes until the onion has softened and turned deep brown.
Add the cubed pumpkin, ground turmeric, chilli powder, salt and sugar, partially cover and simmer gently fo