Butternut Squash & Coconut Dal

Name: Butternut Squash & Coconut Dal with Warm Flatbreads and Onion Textures
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: 0
Ingredients: ½ Butternut Squash; ½ Onion; 1 Red Chilli; 2 Vine Tomatoes; 1 Curry Powder Mix; 1 Vegetable Stock Pot; ½ Creamed Coconut; ½ Red Split Lentils; 2 Flour; 3 Coriander; 2 Flatbread; ½ Pumpkin Seeds

with Warm Flatbreads and Onion Textures

Recipe Development TeamPublished on December 04, 2015

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This recipe is a total stonker. With a good kick of chilli it’s just the ticket for a windy weeknight. ‘Onion textures’ sound a little more posh than they need to - it essentially means some nice crunchy onions to add a bit of textural contrast to your dal. To get them good and crispy, get the oil nice and hot and don’t overcrowd the pan. If they have a bit of space to cook then you’ll fry them (instead of stew them), which will give you a perfect finish. Enjoy!

Tags:

Lactose Free

•Spicy

•Veggie

Allergens:

Celery

•Sulphites

•Cereals containing gluten

The quantities provided above are averages only.

Boxes and ingredients are packed in facilities that handles Peanut, Nuts, Sesame, Fish, Crustaceans, Milk, Egg, Mustard, Celery, Soya, Gluten and Sulphites. Due to the war in Ukraine, it has been necessary to substitute sunflower oil with rapeseed oil in some products without a label change. The FSA have advised that allergic reactions to rapeseed oil are rare.

Total40 minutes

Active

DifficultyMedium

Ingredients

serving amount

Butternut Squash

Onion

Red Chilli

Vine Tomatoes

Curry Powder Mix

Vegetable Stock Pot

(Contains: Celery, Sulphites)

Creamed Coconut

Red Split Lentils

Flour

(Contains: Cereals containing gluten)

Coriander

Flatbread

(Contains: Cereals containing gluten)

Pumpkin Seeds

Nutritional information

/ per serving

Energy (kcal)704 kcal

Energy (kJ)2946 kJ

Fat23 g

of which saturates16 g

Carbohydrate116 g

Protein15 g

Always refer to the product label for the most accurate ingredient and allergen information.

Utensils

•Knife

•Pan

•Pot

•Medium Saucepan

•Bowl

Cooking Instructions and Tips

To dismantle your butternut squash chop it in half widthways to separate the top from the bulb at the bottom. Put the flat part of each half on the chopping board then slice downwards to remove the skin. Chop the bulb in half widthways and remove the seeds with a spoon. Finally chop half the squash into 2cm cubes.

Peel and cut the onion in half lengthways through the root. Slice the onion really thinly widthways into half moon shapes. Slice the chilli in half lengthways, remove the seeds and finely chop. Chop the tomatoes into 2cm chunks.

Boil 600ml of water. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a saucepan on medium heat and once hot, add as much chilli as you dare. Now add the curry powder. After 1 minute, add the tomato and cook for a further minute.

Add the water and the stock pot to the tomato mixture. Add the creamed coconut. Rinse the red lentils under water for a minute then add them too. Add the butternut squash and leave on a gentle simmer for 15 mins.

Separate the onion slices. Toss them with the flour and a pinch of salt and pepper. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a frying pan on medium-high heat until really hot. Fry off the onions until really crispy, then remove to kitchen towel.

Heat your oven to 100 degrees and roughly chop your coriander. Warm your flatbreads through in the oven for 3-4 mins. Remove from the oven and drizzle over a little olive oil. Scatter over a pinch of coriander.

Once the dal has thickened up, taste for seasoning and add salt if required. Stir through a few tbsps of chopped coriander. Serve in big bowls with your onion textures and pumpkin seeds stacked on top. Mop up with a hunk of flatbread!