Watermelon curry

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Influenced by a similar recipe in The Great Curries of India by Camellia Panjabi (1995), this is a dish that will astonish your guests. Since it takes less time to make the curry than it does to prepare the rice, however, you might just want to make it mid-week. Be sure to cut the watermelon into cubes that are small enough to fit whole into the mouth to avoid being messy when eating. The original recipe did not use the coconut milk and used whole cumin seed instead of ground. Watermelon Curry, Watermelon Uses, Clean Dinner, Curry Spices, Curry Dishes, Watermelon Recipes, Healthy Clean Eating, Curry Recipe, Mediterranean Diet Recipes

Influenced by a similar recipe in "The Great Curries of India" by Camellia Panjabi (1995), this is a dish that will astonish your guests. Since it takes less time to make the curry than it does to prepare the rice, however, you might just want to make it mid-week. Be sure to cut the watermelon into cubes that are small enough to fit whole into the mouth to avoid being messy when eating. The original recipe did not use the coconut milk and used whole cumin seed instead of ground.

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Watermelon curry Juicy Watermelon, Sticky Fingers, Spicy Dishes, Watermelon Recipes, Indian Food Recipes Vegetarian, Meat Free, Fun Cooking, Summer Fruit, Curry Recipes

A curry? Made from watermelon? You don’t get it. Neither did I — at least at first. When I came across this traditional dish from Rajasthan, the largest state in India located in the northwest corner of the country, I didn’t quite know what to think of it. I can eat pounds and pounds of watermelon in all forms throughout the summer, but this isn’t one I expected. I tried it anyway, and guess what? It works — it works extremely well.

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Watermelon curry (matira) Watermelon Curry, Melon Recipes, Indian Dinner, Garlic Puree, Hot Spices, Lamb Curry, Foreign Food, Farmers Markets, Coconut Lime

Last year I made a drop-dead Indian dinner: a lamb curry that took four hours to cook, a majestic pilaf full of toasted whole spices, a rich Moghul coconut-lime soup and a raft of fresh chutneys and side dishes. Everybody was very impressed, and afterward all the guests were begging me for a recipe.A recipe. They all wanted the same one. And after all my work, it was the very simplest dish I'd made. It takes less than 10 minutes to cook.But it was also the strangest item on the menu. It was…

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