COCONUT BRAISED PUMPKIN WITH CHILLI, LIME AND GINGER

28 October 2016

Serve with stir fried Chinese vegetables or steamed rice.

COCONUT BRAISED PUMPKIN WITH CHILLI, LIME AND GINGER

Serves 2

Ingredients:

2 cloves of garlic - chopped

1 onion - finely chopped

1 medium pumpkin peeled and deseeded - cut into 8

2 tins/800ml of Mai Siam coconut milk

1 tsp dried chilli flakes

1 tsp coriander seeds

1 lemon grass

1 tbsp grated ginger

1 lime - zested and juiced

1 red chilli - sliced thinly

½ bunch coriander - chopped

Method:

1. Pre heat oven to 180°C

2. In a casserole dish with a little oil fry off the garlic and onion then add the pumpkin.

3. Cover the pumpkin with coconut milk and add chilli flakes and coriander seeds. Add the lemon grass, ginger and ½ of the lime juice. Cover and bake in the oven for 20 minutes until tender (longer if needed)

4. Once cooked, to serve, sprinkle sliced chilli, lime zest and coriander over the braised pumpkin.

Wing Yip has teamed up with Michelin starred chef Glynn Purnell in order to create this terrifyingly tempting and seasonally apt coconut braised pumpkin recipe