Southeast Asian Squash Curry - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons vegetable oil, divided
- 1 1/2 pound butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 3/4 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
- 1 (14-ounce) can unsweetened coconut milk (do not stir), divided
- 1 1/2 to 2 tablespoons Thai Kitchen red curry paste
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 (2- to 3-inch) cinnamon stick
- 3 whole cloves
- 5 ounces baby spinach (5 cups packed)
- 1 tablespoon Asian fish sauce, or to taste
- 1/4 cup salted roasted cashews, chopped
- Accompaniment: lime wedges
Instructions
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over medium-high heat until it shimmers. Sauté squash with cumin and 1/4 teaspoon salt until beginning to brown, about 6 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
- Add remaining 2 teaspoons oil to skillet and cook onion over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add 1/4 cup coconut milk from top of can and cook, stirring, until fat starts to separate and look glossy, about 2 minutes. Add curry paste and cook, stirring, 2 minutes.
- Add squash, water, cinnamon, cloves, and remaining coconut milk and simmer, covered, until squash is tender, about 8 minutes. Stir in spinach and cook, covered, until just wilted, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in fish sauce. Sprinkle with cashews.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Spinach.
Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060). Spinach i...
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