Pumpkin Coconut Curry

Eating pumpkin during the fall months can be cozy and comforting, but it’s also good for the heart: it’s full of fiber, potassium, and Vitamin C.

Usually accompanied with rice and made of meat and vegetables in a spiced sauce, curry is an excellent cold-weather dish. Curry can aid and promote efficient food digestion, so consider this #LEVOmade curry your go-to healthy dish this fall and winter.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons canola oil
1/2 cup chopped yellow onion
2 tablespoons garlic cloves, crushed (about 6 cloves
2-3 tablespoons of dried flower
1/4 cup red curry paste
4 cups (about 19 oz.) sugar pumpkin or butternut squash, cut into 1-inch cubes
2 cups red bell pepper slices
1 1/2 cups chicken broth
1 can full-fat coconut milk, well shaken (about 13.5-oz.)
1 teaspoon kosher salt
6 cups hot cooked jasmine rice
1/2 cup plain whole-milk yogurt (sub for dairy free is making a vegan version)
1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves
6 lime wedges

LEVO Prep

Pack LEVO Pod with a combined 2-3 tablespoon of garlic.*

Begin infuse cycle at 160 F for 60 minutes in full fat coconut milk

*Note: For those interested in an edible experience, combine garlic infusion with your favorite dried flower and infuse for up to 2.5 hours.

Instructions

Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high. Add onion and garlic to pan; cook, stirring occasionally, until starting to soften, about 4 minutes.

Add curry paste; cook, stirring often, until fragrant, about 1 minute.

Add pumpkin, bell pepper, chicken broth, infused-coconut milk, and salt; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to medium, and simmer until pumpkin is tender, 10 to 15 minutes.

Using a slotted spoon, remove 4 cups of pumpkin-bell pepper mixture from pan, and set aside.

Place remaining mixture in a blender. Process until smooth.

Return pureed mixture to saucepan, and heat over medium.

Stir in reserved pumpkin-bell pepper mixture.

Place 1 cup rice in each of 6 shallow bowls; ladle pumpkin mixture over rice.

Garnish with yogurt, cilantro, and lime wedges.

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