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Gumbo with vegetables, coconut and ginger

Gumbo is a delicious stew originating in South Louisiana in the US. Feel free to add vegetables you need to use up. You can't really go wrong.

  • Time to make: 1 hr 15 mins
  • Serving: 8 people (or more as a side dish)
Ratings: 4.8
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 cup diced pumpkin or kumara (small dice)
  • 2 cups green veg, chopped (use peas, courgettes, spinach – whatever you have)
  • 2 cups cauliflower florets
  • 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes
  • 2 cups vegetable stock (or chicken stock)
  • 2 x 400g cans chickpeas (or equivalent quantity of home-soaked and cooked beans)
  • 2 teaspoons garum masala
  • 2 teaspoons cumin
  • 2 teaspoons coriander
  • 2 teaspoons yellow mustard seeds
  • 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
  • 2 teaspoons oil
  • approx 330ml (1 can) lite coconut cream or lite coconut-flavoured evaporated milk
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Heat the oil in a large pan and sauté onion and garlic. Add the mustard seeds and cook until they are popping, then add the all the other spices.

    2 Mix well and add the tomatoes, stock, vegetables and chickpeas and simmer until all the vegetables are tender; around 50 minutes. Stir in the coconut cream or evaporated milk and serve.

    HFG tip

    If you can’t find coconut-flavoured evaporated milk, use 3 capfuls (about 15 ml) of coconut essence to 1 can of lite evaporated milk.

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