Pork and Summer Squash Curry

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Now is the time of the year for summer squash. Zucchini and yellow squash so abundant that some friends may even be giving it away. We are no exception to that. Receiving a few zucchini and squash every couple weeks from the in-laws, our curry has become more varied as a result. I really do love curry and how easy it is to make. Serving it with rice makes an easy meal and so filling. You can make curry as spicy as you like, and curry can easily be frozen to enjoy later. Like ratatouille, this curry cooked the squash and zucchini perfectly, and the flavors made them so enjoyable! The pork was added for a bit of extra flavor, but you can easily make this dish vegetarian by excluding the pork and substituting in vegetable broth in instead of beef.

What You Will Need
  • 2 Pork Chops, diced
  • 1 small onion diced, 1/2 cup
  • 1-2 medium tomatoes, diced
  • 3 cups water
  • 2 beef bouillon
  • 1 medium/large zucchini, 1 1/2-2 cups
  • 2 medium/small yellow squash, 1 1/2-2 cups
  • 2 Tbsp Curry Powder
  • 2 Tbsp Chili Powder
  • 2 tsp Cayenne pepper powder
  • 1 Tbsp Garlic Powder
  • 2 tsp Cumin Powder
  • 1 tsp Paprika
  • Dicer
  • Cutting board and knife
  • Dutch oven
  • Wooden spoon and ladle
  • White rice to serve
Directions
  1. Add diced pork to dicer. Pulse until pork is fully ground. Add to dutch oven with 1 Tbsp oil. Once fully browned, add diced onion and tomatoes. Cook until onion is translucent.
  2. Add water, and bouillons, return to a boil before adding zucchini and squash. Add spices and stir. Cook for 10 minutes uncovered, stirring occasionally. Ready to serve once thick and squash is fully cooked.
  3. Fill bowl 1/2 way with rice before topping with curry and serving.
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Ground Beef and Tomato Curry

Curry is an easy dish to make, but all you really need is the spices. I’ve made curry before, but this time I tried a couple different things. This time I used tomato products, and I added enough spices to get some actual spiciness off of the curry. Curry makes a lot of food, and after eating it for several days, we froze the remainder to enjoy again later. The hot spice on this curry mellowed out over time, but I inevitably froze it due to eating up all the white rice I had cooked with it. And, as long as you don’t mix in the rice, the curry will reheat with the same texture and flavor after it’s been frozen. This curry recipe makes approximately 11 adult sized servings. Finally, for this recipe I used leftover sauce from a stromboli we had gotten about a week prior, and I diced up the leftover grilled zucchini, so I didn’t have to heat it as long as you will if you are starting from raw.

  1. In a medium saucepan, add 1 1/2 cup of rice. Rinse the rice under running water until the runoff is almost completely opaque (4-5 rinses). Add 2 cups of water to the rinsed rice, then add to stove over medium heat. Bring to a boil. Once boiling, cover and reduce heat to low, then cook for 18-20 minutes. Then, remove from heat.
  2. In a large dutch oven, add 1 qt of diced tomatoes and juice, and 1/2 a jar of tomato sauce. Turn heat to medium low and cover.
  3. In a frying pan, brown and breakup 1 pound of ground beef. Dice an onion and add 1/2 to the beef, cook till translucent. Add the beef and onion to your dutch oven. Add 1 Tbsp oil to your pan. Dice and add 2-3 small zucchini to the pan and cook until very tender. Add zucchini to your dutch oven.
  4. Turn your dutch oven heat to medium-high. Bring mixture to a simmer. Once simmering, add 1 Tbsp curry powder, 1/2 Tbsp cumin, 1 Tbsp chili powder, 1/2 Tbsp ground ginger, 2 tsp Cayenne pepper powder, 1 tsp cinnamon, and 2 tsp paprika. Stir. Cook until rice is done, but for at least 4-5 minutes to let the flavor permeate.
  5. Serve curry over rice.

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