| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Grains |
East Indian |
|
1 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 1 |
|
Carnival Squash, halved and seeded (looks like a white acorn squash, white flesh, doesn't get quite as soft when cooking, also comes in a marbled green and white variety, as well. [apparently]) |
| 1/2 |
c |
Uncooked medium pearled barley |
| 3 |
sm |
Summer (yellow) squash, thick sliced and quartered (about 2/3 cup) |
| 3 |
|
Ripe plum tomatoes, chopped (about 1/2 cup) |
| 1/2 |
c |
Mushrooms, thick sliced and halved |
| 1/2 |
|
Vidalia onion, chopped |
| 2 |
ts |
Crushed garlic (up to 3) |
| 1/2 |
ts |
Fresh ground cumin |
| 1/4 |
ts |
Fresh ground basil |
| 3 |
ts |
Spike (up to 4) |
| 3 |
ts |
East Indian Hot Curry (I used Williams-Sonoma, it has a really nice blend of flavors, to include the addition of cardamom and saffron) (up to 4) |
INSTRUCTIONS
Bake squash at 350 degrees, half side down in about 1/2 water for 30 min,
until slightly tender. Bring 3 cups water to boil, add barley, cook 30-40
minutes until tender. In the meantime, chop/slice veggies, set aside. Brown
onion and garlic in pan, with "trace" olive oil until onions are
transparent. Add water as needed, if pan gets too dry. Add chopped yellow
squash, mushrooms, and spices cook until moisture is released from
mushrooms. Add tomatoes and cook for about 2-3 minutes until tomatoes are
heated, but still firm.
Add prepared barley and cook till barley is reheated and coated with spices
and juices.
Before filling squash cavity, dust with curry, prick with fork and rub in.
Fill with barley-vegetable mixture. Bake additional 30-40 minutes until
squash is tender.
Serve with additional filling on the side or this will easily fill two
squashes! (I had planed on freezing the rest, but there were *no*
leftovers.) I made this up as I went along, and used a pretty heavy hand
with the Spike and the curry, as I like my food with *ZIP*. I got rave
reviews from the group that I tried it out on tonight.
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Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 00:07:52 -0400
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