Lightened Butternut Squash Curry + Black Rice - FOOD PHOTO SHOOT

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Is there still time to cram in a few more healthy January recipes?

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Good, because I’ve got one today that I’m hoping you’l love. I don’t make Indian food nearly as often as I should. I thoroughly enjoy all the flavors involved in curries but the reason I don’t add these recipes to the menu too often is because not everyone in my house likes them like I do.

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Hey, that’s fine with me by the way, as a foodie I’ve accepting taking the teasing I sometimes get from my family about some of the strange foods I love. For example, I love brussels sprouts. I know it’s not everyone’s favorite, but I don’t care. I’ll just be over here shamelessly chowing on my sprouts and the haters can go eat a biscuit. Haha, I’m kidding (mostly).

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Anyway, this was one of the rare times when I just really needed to make a curry so I went for it. I also decided to serve it with some of my beloved black rice. Would you believe me if I told you this black rice is from the same very small bag I used the last time I shared a recipe using black rice?

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I’m guessing it must seem like if it’s made its way onto the blog I must make it a lot, but honestly it’s not very common for me. I just happen to love how it looks and whenever I do cook it I can’t help adding it to a photo of something. Although, I do love the taste and texture as well. It’s a very nutty rice with a great bite to it. If you haven’t tried it I’d recommend it.

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If you’re familiar with Thai and Indian cuisine at all you might know that they use quite a bit of coconut milk and sometimes nut butters. While I absolutely will not be giving up these things anytime ever, I realize they’re not exactly on the light side so I thought it would be nice to make a lighter version to show how it can be done without sacrificing flavor.

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There’s actually 2 ways of doing it, one is the vegan version using lite coconut milk and chickpeas and the other version uses non-fat Greek yogurt and chicken. Both versions are delicious but since I’m obsessed with Greek yogurt I tend to go for that one more often.

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I’ll share the details on it in the recipe though so you can choose the one that best fits your needs. Oh, and lastly, I was keeping this pretty much as light as possible by using powdered peanut butter, but it can easily be substituted with regular peanut butter if you prefer a creamier curry.

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Recipe available upon request to the first Steemian friend who says today's words : "Hurry Let's Make Curry!!"

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Looks good gringa!

I really appreciate it @yummyrum!

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Okk, I am hungry now!🤩

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Really mouthwatering dishes, good quality images. worth to view these article makes me to follow you. Best of luck for you.

thanks so much for the kind words @errajesh

Looks tasty . Did you tried that ?

Yes, I made it. Thanks @rexrumi!

Squash curry is my favourite....I have never tried black rice I think I should try now as it looks soo delicious in the pictures.....lovely photography @gringalicious.....thank you for sharing the recipe...it looks delicious

Oh, you have got to give it a try @universalpro, you will thank me later

i like your posts so much that i always wait for your post and with your post attention podium i thank you very much for sharing such a good post with us

@enews202 Oh, that is so very sweet of you.Thanks!

Interesting that they have said the same thing to 3 people . They must feel so satisfied that all 3 people they await, posted within minutes of each other.

only thnak but not upvote but why my friend gringalicious

Probably because you say the same bs to everyone and upvote your own comment. You will learn that these short term gains will not get you very far.

Nice photography! It looks really good! I love brussels sprouts too :)

hey @theywillkillyou, thanks so much for commenting on my post. I listened to a 'pod-cast' today and seems like your name was mentioned several times.

Good food is good life. It looks tasty :)

Yum! We love spicy food.