I didn't have the ingredients for recipes I found online so decided to use what I had.
So what did I have?
You guessed it
The flesh from inside a medium to small sizes pumpkin which I scooped out with a spoon.
A large red onion
Clove of garlic
A carrot
A small handful of split green lentils and cannelloni beans, about a dessert spoonful. You could also use other pulses, oat barley etc or soup mix
One stalk of celery
Sea salt (pinch)
Ground rainbow pepper (pinch)
Turmeric (yes you guessed it a pinch)
Mild curry powder (pinch)
Butter (a small knob)
How did I go about it?
Roughly chopped the red onion and put it in the pot with the butter, while this is lightly frying in the pot I chopped the garlic and added it, along with the salt and pepper.
I add the shredded pumpkin (it's fibrous so when I was scooping it out it naturally shredded) and covered in water.
I chopped the carrot and celery and threw in as it boiled along with the lentils and beans.
I let this boil for 15 minutes with the lid on then turned down to simmer for about an hour until the lentils and beans were soft.
I then added the turmeric and curry powder, stirred and let it simmer for another 5 minutes to infuse before taking it off the heat to blitz with a hand blender.
And there it is boiling and bubbling back on the cooling hob to let it cool down naturally.
Enjoy.....
