Egads the pumpkins are taking over the rainbow region – soon it will all be green pumpkin vines growing over trees and verges, footpaths, gardens and fences, laden with plump orange fruit.\u00a0 Yes it is a very good year for pumpkins.\u00a0 Carrie D, a.k.a. the cowboy’s sweetheart (check out her fabulous country music show, Saturdays 10 – 12 on bayfm), did belly in February 2010 and shared a favourite way with pumpkin.<\/p>\n
CARRIE\u2019S PUMPKIN AND RED LENTIL VINDALOO<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00be cup of red lentils Other steamed vegetables can be substituted or added, including eggplant, beans, broccoli for a vegetarian version.<\/p>\n 1\/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cook lentils in boiling ater until just tender.\u00a0 Drain. Egads the pumpkins are taking over the rainbow region – soon it will all be green pumpkin vines growing over trees and verges, footpaths, gardens and fences, laden with plump orange fruit.\u00a0 Yes it is a very good year for pumpkins.\u00a0 Carrie D, a.k.a. the cowboy’s sweetheart (check out her fabulous country music show, Saturdays […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":147,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-220","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227,"href":"https:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220\/revisions\/227"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.belly.net.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n500g pumpkin roughly chopped
\n600g chicken pieces (optional)
\n1 medium white onion, chopped
\n4cm piece ginger, grated
\n2 cloves garlic, crushed
\n1tbs oil
\n\u00bc cup vindaloo curry paste
\n400g can coconut milk
\n2 handfuls spinach leaves<\/p>\n
\n2\/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Steam pumpkin until just tender.
\n3\/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Combine chicken, onion, ginger and garlic and cook in oil for 5 mins.
\n4\/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stir curry paste into mix and cook until smells good.
\n5\/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Add lentils, pumpkin, coconut milk and cook until sauce thickens and chicken is cooked through.\u00a0\u00a0 Don\u2019t overcook so that pumpkins lose their form.
\n6\/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Remove from heat and add spinach leaves and toss so that they wilt.
\n7\/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Serve with rice, plain yogurt and sliced cucumbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"