Butternut Squash Curry – Instant Pot Indian Butternut Squash Curry

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Butternut Squash Curry – Instant Pot Indian Butternut Squash Curry

Butternut Squash Curry – Instant Pot Indian Butternut Squash Curry is a quick, flavorful and easy side dish that’s healthy! It's delicious as a side with white rice or naan (Indian flat bread).

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 15

Total Time 20

Servings: 4

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients

1/2 butternut squash (4 and 1/4 cups chopped)
4 tbsp oil of choice
1/2 tsp asafoetida (heeng)
1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
2 whole black cardamom pod (kali elaichi)
2 whole dried red chili peppers
3 whole cloves (laung)
3/4 tbsp kashmiri chili powder
1/2 cup water (divided)
1/2 tsp ground ginger (sonth)
1 tsp ground fennel (saunf powder)
1/2 tsp ground cumin (jeera powder)
1 and 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp mango powder (amchur/amchoor powder)
1/2 tbsp brown sugar
3 serrano peppers, whole, small (hari mirch)

Equipment

Electric Pressure Cooker / Instant Pot

Method

Prep

Rinse, peel and cut the squash into cubes (roughly 5 to 6-inch pieces). Rinse the serrano peppers well. There is no need to chop them.

Cook

Select sauté on the Instant Pot and adjust to high. Then add oil.
When the oil is hot, add in asafoetida, cumin seeds, black cardamom pods, whole dried chili peppers, and cloves.
In about 30 seconds, add in butternut squash and let it sauté for 4 to 5 minutes.
Then, add in Kashmiri chili powder and ¼ cup water. Stir well.
Then in 30 seconds, add in ground ginger, ground fennel, ground cumin, salt, ground mango powder, brown sugar, whole serrano peppers and ¼ cup water. Mix well.
Close the lid and select manual/high pressure for 4 minutes. When done quick pressure release. Transfer to a serving bowl and enjoy with rice or roti.

Notes

This is not supposed to have a lot of soup. It has minimal soup. If you like more gravy/soup then add an extra 1/4 cup water before selecting manual/high pressure.
The whole spices (cardamom pods, cloves, and whole dried red chili pepper can be discarded, they don't need to be consumed).