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Butternut squash croquette with curry

Moderate 23 February 2024
Preparation time
15 min
Cooking time
1 h

Crispy meets creamy. This recipe explores two sides of our favourite Autumn ingredient. We use part of the butternut squash for a creamy curry and the other part for crunchy croquettes! A wonderful play of textures and flavours which you have to try.

1 Bottom (the larger part) of a butternut squash, diced
1 Onion, coarsely diced
1 cans Coconut milk
300 ml Water
1 Tsp. Curry paste
2 tbsp. Fish sauce
2 tbsp. Agave syrup
1 Tsp. Grated ginger
1 Pinch Salt
1 Top half of a butternut squash, cut into 4 or 5 circa 1 cm slices
1 tbsp. Flour
1 Tsp. Salt
1 Tsp. Paprika powder
4 tbsp. Plant-drink
4 tbsp. Breadcrumbs
200 Jasmine rice
0.5 handful Coriander, for topping
1 Tsp. Black sesame
1 Tsp. Black sesame
  • Step 1/7

    Sweat the diced coconut and diced onions in some coconut oil. Add the curry paste and lightly fry.

  • Step 2/7

    Add the ginger and deglaze with water and coconut milk. Simmer for around 20 minutes.

  • Step 3/7

    Cut the other half of the pumpkin into slices 1 cm thick and roll them first in the flour mixture, then in the plant-based drink and finally in the breadcrumbs. Alternatively, the flour mixture can be mixed with the plant-based milk and the slices can then be dipped in this mixture and rolled in the panko. This method results in a slightly thicker coating.

  • Step 4/7

    Fry the pumpkin halves in a pan with enough oil for 10–15 minutes until golden brown. Turn every few minutes.

  • Step 5/7

    Prepare the jasmine rice.

  • Step 6/7

    Finely purée the vegetables in the curry with a hand blender and finally season to taste with fish sauce (or vegan alternative), agave syrup and a little salt if necessary.

  • Step 7/7

    Serve the jasmine rice with the curry and breaded pumpkin and top with coriander and (optional) black sesame seeds.

Jules Radu

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