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Marrow Curry Recipe

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• published: 09 Sep 2015
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A really flavoursome vegetable curry cooked with seasonal marrow and beautifully spiced with cumin and mustard seeds. See More At - http://hari.is/1Q0YOEw Fortunately for me I live on a road that has allotments at one end and although I don't have an allotment I do very well out of the produce that comes from it. I'm always coming home to runner beans wrapped in newspaper left on the doorstep, or a carrier bag bursting with courgettes and even the occasional bunch of gladioli (it paid to tell our local gardener Morris that I love these flowers). The first year we moved in I was inundated with marrows, which can be a bit of a non-vegetable... I mean, what do you do with a marrow? Stuff it? Bake it? Well — curry it, I say! Marrows make a really wonderful curry and I like to cook it right down so it's almost like a paté. Something really wonderful happens with the addition of the simplest curry spices. Now every year I end up taking a few marrows to my mum's place, where I know they will be very well received. Ingredients 1 tbsp rapeseed oil 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp mustard seeds 1 large onion, peeled and chopped 2-3 garlic cloves, peeled 200g tin plum tomatoes 1 tbsp of fresh ginger, grated 1-2 green chillies, chopped ½ tsp turmeric ½ tsp chilli powder 1 tsp salt 1 marrow 1 tsp garam masala handful fresh coriander Method Heat oil and add the cumin and mustard seeds. Once they sizzle and become fragrant add the onions. Fry for about 6-7 minutes until they become translucent and just golden brown. Add the garlic and cook on a gentle heat for a few minutes. In the meantime, wash and chop the marrow into 3-4cm chunks. Add the tomatoes and stir in the grated ginger, chilli powder, turmeric, salt, and green chilli. Stir for a few minutes until the masala in thick and shiny. Add the chopped marrow and bring the pan to a simmer. Cover, then turn the heat to low and cook for about 20-30 minutes. Do check and stir occasionally. When the marrow has cooked to the texture you like, remove from the heat and add the garam masala and coriander to serve.