Recipe - Colombo Powder (French West Indies Curry Pow

1 Onion; finely cut or sliced up
1 Garlic clove;crushed,up to 2
2 teaspoon Curry powder
3 Cloves; crushed
One half Red chili; finely chopped
1 pound Pumpkin;* peeled & cut in
1 inch cubes
2 Tomatoes; chopped
1 tablespoon Sultanas; golden raisins
One fourth teaspoon Sugar; optional
1 Lemon; juice of
2 tablespoon Oil
Salt & pepper

* the pumpkin in the recipe is not the pumpkin that we use for Jack O'
Lanterns, it is the orange squash that is called "pumpkin" in West Indian
groceries

First, heat the oil in a heavy pan and then add the onion. Saute until it
is transparent and then add the garlic and cook that also. Next put in the
curry powder, ground cloves, the chopped tomatoes, sultanas and sugar.
Sprinkle the lemon juice over. Cover, and cook very gently for 3040
minutes or until pumpkin is tender, stirring frequently to ensure that it
does not catch. Season and serve to accompany main dishes and rice.

SERVES: 4 SOURCE: _The World in Your Kitchen: Vegetarian Recipes_ by Troth
Wells posted by Anne MacLellan

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