Delicious Chicken and Pumpkin Curry | @capemalaycooking

Added: 2026-05-11

[00:00:00]As-salamu alaykum, and hello everyone.

[00:00:02]This is Salwa of Cape Malay Cooking.

[00:00:04]Today, I'm sharing with you a simple yet delicious chicken and pumpkin curry recipe. We'll start off by braising two two chopped onions in some oil with your stick cinnamon, cardamom, allspice, and cloves before adding one chopped tomato, 1 and 1/2 tsp garlic, 1 tsp ginger paste.

[00:00:24]Mix that together.

[00:00:27]Cover and leave to simmer for about 5 minutes.

[00:00:34]Don't add any water at this stage as the tomato and onion will draw some water.

[00:00:39]Add the following spices: 1 and 1/2 tsp each jeera, badishep, coriander, turmeric, and Kashmiri chili powder.

[00:00:49]I use Kashmiri chili powder as it gives a lovely color to the curry.

[00:00:55]Salt to taste. I used about 1 and 1/2 to 2 tsp of salt.

[00:01:02]You want to mix the spices with the onions before adding 1 cup of water.

[00:01:10]Cover and simmer for about 15 minutes, adding water as needed.

[00:01:19]You'll want the the onion mixture to look like this when it's after about 15 minutes.

[00:01:27]Then you'll add 1 kg chopped chicken pieces. You can use chicken fillet.

[00:01:34]I've used chicken on the bone.

[00:01:37]And you'll want to coat the chicken with the spice mixture.

[00:01:53]Add 1 cup of water and leave to simmer for about 15 minutes or until the chicken is 3/4 cooked before adding your pumpkin chunks. So, I've got fairly large pieces of pumpkin as I don't want the pumpkin to break up whilst cooking.

[00:02:15]Add water.

[00:02:17]Just half a cup of water for the pumpkin to cook. You don't want to add a lot of water as the pumpkin will draw water as it's cooking.

[00:02:31]5 minutes before the end of the cooking time add 1 tsp garam masala.

[00:02:42]Gently stir.

[00:02:45]You don't want to break the the pumpkin.

[00:02:47]Add water as needed depending on the consistency that you like your curry. If you like a thick curry, don't add water. If you want a thinner curry, add more water.

[00:02:59]Add a good handful of chopped dhania before serving.

[00:03:08]And I serve my chicken and pumpkin curry with flaky roti which the recipe you can find on YouTube at Cape Malay Cooking with a side salad.

[00:03:19]Thank you for watching and I hope you're going to make the recipe soon.

[00:03:23]Bye-bye.