Acorn Squash Sambal Recipe

Total Time: 40 minutes

Cuisine: Asian

Ingredients:

  • salt
  • acorn squash
  • ginger
  • sambal paste
  • groundnut oil
  • cloves garlic
  • turmeric powder

Instructions:

  • To begin making the Acorn Squash Sambal Recipe, wash the vegetable and then cut it lengthwise about one to two inch thickness into several pieces
  • You can cut the vegetable along with the thick outer skin
  • Coat the cut pieces of Acorn Squash with turmeric powder and salt
  • In a skillet, heat some oil
  • Place the acorn squash pieces in the skillet
  • Let the pieces cook in the pan for five minutes
  • Turn the pieces of the squash over so that they cook evenly on all sides
  • Meanwhile, take the pieces of ginger and garlic and add to a mixer and grind it to a fine paste
  • Add this ginger garlic paste to the acorn squash
  • Next add in the Sambal paste
  • Stir fry for few minutes until the ginger garlic paste and sambal paste coat well on the acorn squash pieces
  • Add 2-3 tablespoons of water and cook till the pieces of acorn squash softens
  • If you need a dry recipe, then cook a little longer as the texture will as that of a pickle
  • Serve Acorn Squash Sambal as a side dish to Thai Jasmine Sticky Rice Recipe and Vegetarian Thai Red Curry Recipe for a delicious Pan Asian meal