How to Make Vegetable Curry
- Total Time: 35 mins
- Yield: 2 1x
Description
This super-simple mild curry is chock full of vegetables for a healthy dinner that’s ready in no time.
Ingredients
- 150g Broccoli
- 150g Cauliflower
- 100g Carrot
- 100g Long beans
- 200g Pumpkin
- 1 Onion
- few cherry tomatoes
- 1 tbsp Garlic, chopped
- 1 1/2 tbsp Curry powder
- 1 1/2 cup (360 ml) Vegetable stock
- 200ml Coconut milk
- 2 Fresh chillies
- 3/4 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp sugar, or to taste
Instructions
- Cut broccoli and cauliflower into small chunks. Remove the skin of the onion and peel carrot, cut both into pieces. Long bean cut to section.
- Peel pumpkin and cut into pieces (not too small).
- Scald all the vegetables in a pot of boiling water except pumpkin for few minutes and drain. Strain the water and reserve 1 1/2 cup water for later use.
- Heat a little oil, add onion, garlic and curry powder, stir fry well. Add in all the vegetables and pumpkin and 1 1/2 cup water. Cook for about 10 minutes or until pumpkin is softened.
- Add coconut milk, broccoli and cauliflower, cook for a while and it is ready to serve.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Category: Main
- Cuisine: Asian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 200
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why are the vegetables scalded in boiling water first before going into the curry?
The recipe par-cooks the broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, and long beans in boiling water for a few minutes, then drains them — and crucially, reserves 1½ cups of that vegetable water to use as part of the cooking liquid. This gives the curry a light vegetable-flavored base and ensures the harder vegetables are partly tender before the 10-minute simmer.
Why is the pumpkin excluded from the initial scalding step?
The instructions specifically say to scald all vegetables except the pumpkin. Pumpkin goes directly into the pan with the curry paste, onion, garlic, and the reserved water, and cooks for about 10 minutes until softened. Pre-scalding would make it too soft, causing it to fall apart in the final dish.
Looks heavenly, creamy and flavorful!!! My type of “comfort food”!