Squash & Chickpea Korma Curry with Mint Cucumber Yoghurt

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1/3 daily fibre 4 of 5 a day

Squash & Chickpea Korma Curry with Mint Cucumber Yoghurt

Prep time: 20 mins
Total time: 35 mins
Cuisine: Indian
Food group: Dairy

Elevate your home cooking with Gymkhana Fine Food’s brand-new Korma sauce. Inspired by Gymkhana’s Michelin-starred restaurant, you'll roast vibrant butternut squash until golden. Then stir through chunky chickpeas, simmering away in their creamy Korma Cooking Sauce (you'll get 2 full-sized jars with your recipe). Dish up with a creamy onion raita & fragrant cumin rice. Michelin-star flavour on the table in no time.

Cooking Instructions

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Before you start

  • Preheat the oven to 240C / fan 220C / gas mark 9 / air fryer 200C
  • Line a baking tray with parchment paper
  • Bring a large saucepan filled with salted water to a boil
  • Pull out a sieve, a peeler, a large frying pan & a small bowl

Get the rice on & roast the squash

  • Peel and halve the squash lengthways, discard the seeds, and cut into 2cm cubes
  • Place onto the lined baking tray, toss with half the curry powder, drizzle with 1 tsp oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast for 25-30 mins / air fryer 20-25 mins, until soft and golden
  • Meanwhile, add the rice to the saucepan and boil for 25-30 mins, until cooked, then drain

Do the prep

  • Drain and rinse the chickpeas. Rinse the spinach. Thinly slice the onion
  • Dice the cucumber into 1cm chunks. Pick the mint leaves from the stalks and finely chop
  • Add the cucumber, mint and yoghurt to the small bowl. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper

Simmer the curry

  • Heat the large frying pan with 2 tsp oil on medium heat. Once hot, add the onion and cook for 4-5 mins, until soft. Season with salt and pepper
  • Add the korma paste, ginger & garlic paste and remaining curry powder and cook for another 2 mins, until fragrant
  • Stir in the coconut milk, chickpeas and 50ml water. Bring to the boil and simmer for 6-8 mins, until thickened slightly

Finishing touches

  • Add the spinach to the curry in the final minute of cooking and stir until wilted
  • When ready, gently stir in the roasted butternut squash and season to taste

Plate up

  • Serve the butternut squash curry into bowls, with the rice alongside
  • Dollop over the raita

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