Curried Squash Kebabs

These squash kebabs are great for a light asian inspired lunch or dinner. There’s a coconut milk sauce with fish sauce and cilantro to top it off.

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Squash or pumpkin? I was a a bit confused on how to name this tasty orange fruit. I did some research and apparently botanically squash is the right term. However in different countries pumkin is used for certain types of squash. I decided this is too confusiong for me. So I’m going to use the term squash for this recipe. Probably if I make a squash pie one day, I’ll name it pumpkin pie since we hear this more often. Luckily Slovenians only have one word for squash and pumpkin – buča.

Why not make squash more fun. And what’s more fun than kebabs? Add a little asian spices and a fishy coconut milk sauce and you’re on fire! I am using my Hot Curry Spice Blend in this recipe. You can find the recipe here.

Curried Squash Kebabs
Curried Squash Kebabs

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CURRIED SQUASH KEBABS

Course Appetizer, Side Dish
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients

KEBABS

  • 2 kg squash any kind you like
  • 4 TBSP olive oil
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 8 tsp Hot Spicy Curry Blend
  • 2 TBSP coarsely chopped cilantro

FISHY COCONUT SAUCE

  • 1/4 cup coconut milk
  • 2 TBSP fish sauce
  • 1 tsp finely chopped cilantro

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 220°C (430 °F).
  2. Peel the squash and chop it into 2 cm cubes. Divide the cubes between skewers.
  3. Drizzle with oil and sprinkle with Hot spicy curry blend. Use your hands to really get that spice in every corner.
  4. Put them in a baking tray and roast for 30-40 minutes (or until the squash is tender).
  5. Meanwhile, prepare the sauce. Mix all ingredients together in a small bowl.
  6. When the kebabs are done, pour over the sauce and sprinkle with chopped cilantro.

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Hot Curry Spice Blend

This is spice blend for your curry dishes that you can make in only 5 minutes and keep in dark for a long time.

Hot Curry Spice
I can’t emphasize enough how much I love spices. Just a little pinch can transform any blend meal into a mouthwatering feast. My mum never used a lot of spices. However I’ve managed to get her to at least use pepper and chilly flakes. I can say, that made me very happy and if you’re not a spice lover, I guarantee this one is going to change you mind.

There are many curry spice blend recipes out there. Many of them use turmeric. I don’t use it in this recipe, because it has a quite powerful flavour. So I add it to the dish separately only if I know everyone will like it. If you prefer to have it in this blend, just add a teaspoon to the mixture. It is also delicious. This blend is quite spicy, so keep that in mind when making it. If you can’t stand the heat add only half a teaspoon or just a pinch of chilly.

Hot Curry Spice
Hot Curry Spice

This curry spice can be used in any kind of recipe – soup, vegetable, meat or fish dish. I will be posting some recipes using this blend in the future so keep in touch!

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HOT CURRY SPICE BLEND

Course spice blend
Keyword curry spice blend
Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

  • 4 tsp coriander seeds
  • 2 tsp cumin seeds
  • 2 tsp fenugreek seeds
  • 1 tsp peppercorns
  • 1 tsp chili flakes
  • 4 curry leaves
  • 2 tsp dried lemongrass
  • 2 tsp powdered garlic
  • 2 tsp ground ginger

Instructions

  1. Roast coriander, cumin, fenugreek, and peppercorns in a hot pan without any oil for about a minute.
  2. Grind the roasted seeds and the rest of the ingredients in a coffee grinder or a mortar.

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Spicy Pea Soup

This is an easy one. All you need is 5 minutes and a few simple ingredients. Enjoy your spicy pea soup!

5 minute spicy pea soup

Autumn is in it’s fullest beauty here in my neck of the woods, colourful but cool and damp. Cold just makes me wanna snuggle under a warm blanket and do nothing at all. I don’t feel like cooking for hours and then spend more time cleaning the dishes. This bone chilling cold is perfect for a warm bowl of soup. Spicy pea soup comes to my mind. It is loaded with vitamins and anti-oxidants, which we all need in this autumnish weather.

5 minute spicy pea soup

I love eating fresh peas, it’s sweet and crunchy. A perfect healthy snack! But cooking it and spicing it up gives peas an extra dimension. If you are a soup lover like me than this recipe meant to feed your whole family, will probably be serving just one. Let’s get started!

Here’s a super easy spicy pea soup, that takes only a few minutes to prepare. Then you can curl up in your blanket and eat your four bowls of soup.

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SPICY PEA SOUP

Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 560 g fresh or frozen peas
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 tsp grated ginger
  • 2 tsp wasabi paste
  • pepper by taste
  • salt by taste
  • 1 TBSP coarsely chopped parsley
  • 1/2 thinly sliced large chili

Instructions

  1. Boil the water and add the peas. If you are using fresh peas, cook it only for 2 minutes and if you use frozen peas cook it for 4 minutes or until tender.
  2. Move it to the blender, add ginger, wasabi paste, salt, and pepper. Blend it well until the soup is creamy and light. If it is to thick for your liking just pour in additional hot water and check the seasoning.
  3. Place in a bowl and garnish with chili slices and parsley.

More simple soup ideas:

Ranbow Cabbage Soup

5 minute spicy pea soup

Starting to Use Your Noodles

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Welcome to Use Your Noodles!

It is finaly here. My first food blog. My mission here is to share easy and quick recipes. I’m not a vegeterian, a vegan, paleo… I eat everything and as versatile as possible. This means I try to eat healthy, but I don’t feel guilty if I indulge a once in a while. The recipes in this blog will include healthy meals as well as comfort food. All quick and easy!

So, how did I start cooking. I was brought up in a common middle Europan diet – lots of heavy food and not many herbs and spices. So, as soon as I got hold of my own kitchen I started experimenting and soon grew to love cooking.

Most of the times I’m just improvising with cooking. I can’t remember when was the last time that I really stuck to the recipe entirely. And I usually forget to write any recipe of my own. Therefore I decided to start this blog. It will be my personal online cookbook, but hopefully it will become yours too.

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