{"id":11345,"date":"2016-09-23T23:12:55","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T03:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/?p=11345"},"modified":"2024-05-30T18:53:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T23:53:21","slug":"bombay-butternut-squash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/bombay-butternut-squash","title":{"rendered":"Bombay Butternut Squash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I was introduced to Indian food at a young age. My dad worked in the restaurant business doing ventilation, so because of that he also got complimentary meals. The majority of those being Indian and Chinese restaurants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the first Indian meals I had was of the sharing kind - Tandoori chicken, pilaf with eggs saag paneer, naan bread, lamb rogan josh and bombay potatoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a theme that has carried on again and again with Indian food. We always like to order a few different dishes to dig into and share. Never one to just order one dish with rice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many years later I now enjoy making my own Indian food. Self teaching from cooking programmes and cookbooks. A favourite cook book of mine for traditional Indian food is The India Cookbook by Pushpesh Pant<\/a>. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also since moving to Canada, a good friend of mine who's family originates from North India has been teaching me a lot of the traditional cooking she was taught. Like kidney bean curry (rajma)<\/em> - delicious!! and also recently introduced me to Papdi Chaat<\/em> - so yummy! (I am determined to create Slimming Eats friendly version of that soon).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A dish my dad would always order though, no matter what else we had - was bombay potatoes, I kind of got used to having it with our meal and so I really wanted to come up with my own homemade version of this popular take away Indian dish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had the idea to substitute the regular potatoes used for some Butternut Squash, not only because it is a speed food, but also because it has a lovely natural sweetness that would compliment the heat of the chilli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It really tasted yummy and was a great accompaniment to my curry night I had recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to have a traditional bombay potato however, just switch the butternut squash back to regular potatoes, boiled until just fork soft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Either way it is delicious<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking for some Indian dishes to serve this with? Check out my Indian Fakeaway<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>section.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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