Pumpkin season is about to bless us very quickly with its presence.
My annual home-grown pumpkin child is placing on some wholesome weight every day.
I might know. As a result of I am sneaking glances at it everytime I go the window, whispering ‘chashm-e-bad door‘ like a proud and barely obsessed mamma.
I actually cannot be the one one who finds themselves on this place each autumn. Overloaded with pumpkins. Unable to get sufficient. Virtually juggling them. Blessing my helpful countertop actual property with them as a result of they’re price it. A partner keen to assist my passions, however understandably perplexed by it. Barely overwhelmed, however completely loving it. By the tip of the season, I am sick to the bone of pumpkins.
However I do it allllll over once more subsequent yr.
It is not simply me. Proper? Proper?
I digress.
When you’re eager on residing your finest pumpkin life, and never simply by having pumpkin soup and pumpkin pie on repeat, you should give these wonderful Pakistani and Indian pumpkin recipes a attempt! From hearty curries, to cooling sides, and naturally wealthy desserts, this checklist will preserve you from falling right into a pumpkin rut this autumn.
1
Hearty Pumpkin + Lamb Curry
My literal favorite pumpkin curry everrrrr to kick off this checklist felt like a very good determination. A lamb and pumpkin curry is hearty, healthful and extremely warming on an autumn night. Pairs superbly with each rice and any flatbread of alternative.
2
Pumpkin Raita
Raita is a fairly fashionable yogurt sauce served alongside rice and thick curries. It is often made with cucumbers and tomatoes, however you may truly use any vegetable, together with pumpkins! I personally adore a very good pumpkin raita when the pumpkin has been diced and roasted, however this recipe requires grated pumpkin which is rather more fast and handy.
3
Pumpkin Curry (Bharta)
‘Bharta’ interprets to ‘mash’ in Hindi and Urdu – very becoming of this curry! It is a nice recipe that may be served as a predominant or a aspect alongside a meaty curry. Oh, and a buttered roti is an absolute should!
4
Squash Bharta (Yogurt Based mostly)
This recipe is a cross between a raita and a curry. It entails roasting squash with a wide range of warming spices, then chopping and stirring it into creamy yogurt to take pleasure in with bread. If the ‘squash marrow’ is complicated you, do not fret – it is similar to a courgette and is from the identical household as pumpkin. Pumpkin can be utilized right here with no amendments to the recipe.
5
Pumpkin + Fish Curry (Bengali)
I’ve an timeless, insatiable love for Bengali meals. Notably, I particularly love how Bengali meals makes use of greens in so many alternative combos alongside meat and fish (which might by the way in which be unthinkable in Pakistani cooking!) and the way it simply WORKS so superbly. And would you take a look at that dreamy chunk of Ilish fish…
6
Pumpkin Paratha
This recipe requires pumpkin puree (recent or canned) to be added in when kneading the dough for chapatti. That is an unimaginable approach to get some pumpkin goodness in and would pair excellently alongside a Desi-style picke (achar), a vegetable-based curry or perhaps a easy yogurt sauce (raita).
7
Pumpkin Halwa
A delightfully wealthy and fudgy Pakistani dessert which comes collectively in a short time. That is similar to the extremely popular South Asian Carrot Halwa, and pairs exceptionally nicely with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!
Take a look at this recipe
8
Shahi Tukray (Bread Pudding) with Pumpkin
Bread… cream… cardamom… saffron… pumpkin… do I’ve your consideration? This recipe feels like luxurious in an oven dish! I am keen on fusion meals executed proper… and that is REALLY getting it every kind of proper… 😋
9
Pumpkin Barfi
Mithai (sweets) made utilizing pumpkin… who’d have thought? This specific recipe makes use of roasted chickpea flour (besan) alongside canned pumpkin puree to create a deeply scrumptious wanting candy deal with.
10
Pumpkin + Coconut Ladoos
Ladoos are historically made with lentils, nonetheless this recipe is extra like a cross between a Desi ladoo (because of the ghee and chai spices) and a truffle (because of the white chocolate and cashew butter). That is the right candy dish to take to a get-together this autumn!
11
Masala Roasted Pumpkin Seeds (Pepitas)
This is a superb waste-minimising approach to make use of the abundance of seeds you are inevitably left with after placing all these pumpkins to good use 😉
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