Two Bowls of Courgette Curry on a Bed of Rice

Courgette curry

Name: Courgette curry
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 onion; 4 cloves garlic; a knob ginger; 1 green chilli; 2 tbsp sunflower oil; 1 tbsp cumin seeds; 1 tbsp mustard seeds; 8 curry leaves (use dried if you can’t find fresh); 3 courgettes chopped; 1 x 250g tin chopped tomatoes; 1 tsp ground turmeric; 1 tsp garam masala; a handful frozen peas; a handful of coriander leaves chopped; 1 lemon cut into wedges; rice to serve

Adam Bush

Published: May 18, 2021 at 12:12 PM

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Serves 4

Easy

Total time: 50 mins

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Prepare this light, summery courgette curry in less than an hour – perfect for a vegetarian midweek dinner. It's also gluten-free and vegan-friendly

Gluten free

Vegan

Vegetarian

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Try this courgette curry, then check out our courgette risotto, courgette gratin, courgette parmigiana, courgette frittata and more courgette recipes. We've also got plenty more delicious vegetarian curry recipes to try such as this spinach, chickpea & potato curry, halloumi curry and aubergine curry.

This recipe uses curry leaves, which lend a beautiful nutty flavour. For advice on where to buy this ingredient, read our guide on what are curry leaves.

Ingredients

Nutrition

1 onion
4 cloves garlic
a knob ginger
1 green chilli
2 tbsp sunflower oil
1 tbsp cumin seeds
1 tbsp mustard seeds
8 curry leaves (use dried if you can’t find fresh)
3 courgettes

chopped
1 x 250g tin chopped tomatoes
1 tsp ground turmeric
1 tsp garam masala
a handful frozen peas
a handful of coriander leaves

chopped
1 lemon

cut into wedges
rice

to serve

Nutrition: per serving

kcal141

low
fat7.5g
saturates0.9g
carbs10.7g
sugars8.4g
fibre4g
protein5.6g
salt0.1g

Method

step 1

Whizz the onion, garlic, ginger and chilli with 50ml of water in a high-powered blender until smooth.
step 2

Heat the sunflower oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat and add the cumin seeds, mustard seeds, and curry leaves, stirring for 30 seconds. Tip the onion paste into the pan with a pinch of salt and cook, stirring, for 10 minutes until darkened slightly.
step 3

Add the courgettes, chopped tomatoes, turmeric and garam masala. Refill the can of tomatoes with water 1½ times and add that, too. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 25 minutes until the courgettes have softened.
step 4

Tip in the frozen peas and cook for a few minutes, season to taste, then stir in the coriander and serve with lemon wedges and rice.

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Adam BushDeputy food editor

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