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azziria ([personal profile] azziria) wrote2009-10-21 07:00 pm
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Chicken and butternut squash curry

It's been a while since I cooked something that got such universal approval - even DD had seconds - so I thought I'd better get the recipe down for posterity so that I can cook it again. Quick and easy to throw together, but not very accurate measurements because I made it up as I went along.

Chicken and butternut squash curry

Feeds four very healthy appetites.

1 chicken, jointed and cut into pieces
2 onions, finely chopped
Half a largeish butternut squash, peeled and cubed
1 tablespoon Balti curry paste (Pataks)
1 lb tomatoes, chopped and cooked down and liquidized into sauce with a dessertspoonful of tomato puree added (could substitute a tin of chopped plum tomatoes)
1 sachet of creamed coconut

Fry chopped onions in some vegetable oil until soft. Add curry paste and chicken pieces. Cook until sealed, then add tomatoes, creamed coconut and butternut squash. Add water if necessary to cover chicken and squash, then cover and bake in the oven for an hour or so. Serve with rice.

[identity profile] linaelyn.livejournal.com 2009-10-21 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Found it!
Image (http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/tesco-price-comparison/Marinades_And_Sauces/Pataks_Original_Creamed_Coconut_Sachets_4x50g.html)

I've seen this brand carried at one of the local Indian markets (there are dozens, here. My neighborhood isn't called "little India" for nothing!) so I suspect I just might be able to find the stuff locally! Or have the market order it for me, specially.

[identity profile] azziria.livejournal.com 2009-10-22 07:43 am (UTC)(link)
Yep, that's the stuff I use :-)