Have you got any wonderful favorite recipes that are just so yummy you've just got to share. My favorite recipe is a curried pumpkin Dahl , I love my Caribbean curried lamb but I can't remember off hand( I'm so used to a pinch of this and that so I've forgotten the exact recipe) ...I love pumpkin come Autumn and I either do the Dahl or anything by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Pumpkin Dahl
Ingredients
1 medium yellow onion, quartered
1/4 cup grated coconut
3 cloves garlic, sliced
2 Thai Chile peppers, seeded and diced
1 Tbsp fresh ginger root, minced
2 tsp garam masala
1 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp turmeric
1/4 tsp ground coriander
2 cups light chicken or vegetable stock or water*
1 Tbsp rape seed oil
2 cups tomatoes, diced
4 cups 1 small pie pumpkin cut and diced (doesn't work with canned )
2 cups cooked black-eyed peas
2 cups spinach, chopped
3 Tbsp mint, minced
Directions
Combine onion, coconut, garlic, Chile peppers, ginger root, garam masala, cumin, cinnamon, salt, turmeric, coriander and 3 Tbsp (45ml) stock in a blender. Puree mixture to a paste, scraping down the sides of the blender beaker as necessary.
Heat oil in a large saucepan, then add the spice paste and cook, stirring often, for 10 minutes. Add remaining stock, tomatoes and pumpkin. Cook over medium heat, stirring often, until squash is just tender, about 20 minutes.
Mix in black-eyed peas and spinach. Continue to cook, stirring often, until spinach is tender, about 10 more minutes. Remove from heat. Taste and adjust seasonings; stir in the mint just before serving. I serve with coriander and garlic naan.
