I wouldn’t be a proper blogger if I didn’t post a Halloween or pumpkin related post now would I? BTW if like me you wondered what the difference between pumpkins and squash is – there is none. Pumpkins are a squash.
I recently visited the School of Wok for a cooking workshop hosted by WORLDFOODS, a Bangkok based company that produce Asian ready-made pastes and sauces. I do turn my nose up at most ready-made curry sauces but they promised authentic recipes with no fillers, additives or preservatives so I was keen to put that to the test. The sauces are made in Thailand using locally sourced ingredients with no artificial colourings, flavourings and they’re also vegan and gluten-free.
Here’s one of the dishes we cooked up using the Thai Massaman curry paste.
RECIPE: MASSAMAN SQUASH CURRY (vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free)

INGREDIENTS to serve 2 hungry hippos/4 servings:
Massaman butter:
- 1 tablespoon Massaman curry paste
- 25g coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- Salt and pepper to taste
Stuffing:
- 2 squash
- 1 thumb-piece of ginger grated
- 2 cloves of garlic finely chopped
- 250g of spinach, cooked then drained
- 100g of paneer cheese crumbled (optional)
- 1 tablespoon Massaman curry paste
- Handful of chopped coriander
Massaman curry sauce:
- 2 tablespoons Massaman curry paste
- 1 tablespoon sunflower oil
- 250ml vegetable stock
- 400ml can coconut milk
- 2 teaspoons tamarind puree
- 1 lime
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon palm sugar
Garnish:
- 2 tablespoons chopped unsalted peanuts and coriander
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Mix all the ingredients for the Massaman butter and chill (the butter not you) until required.
- Heat oven to 200ºC.
- Scoop out the flesh of the squash and lightly fry it with the garlic and ginger then take off the heat and add the rest of the stuffing ingredients and mix.
- Place the stuffing into the squash cavity. Pack it quite tightly.
- Top with a knob of the Massaman butter and bake in the oven for 45 minutes to an hour.
- While the squash is in the oven, make the sauce.
- Heat saucepan on medium heat then add the oil to the pan.
- Add the Massaman curry paste to the pa and stir over a low heat until fragrant, this should take a minute or two.
- Add the stock and simmer for three-four minutes until reduced by half.
- Add the coconut milk and simmer until the sauce has thickened.
- Add the tamarind puree, fish sauce, sugar and lime juice and stir.
- When the squash is cooked, serve with rice and the Massaman curry sauce. Sprinkle garnish on top.
This recipe can easily be made vegan by replacing the paneer with tofu and fish sauce with light soy sauce.

Thai Massaman curry paste, £1.89 available from WORLDFOODS at worldfoodsdirect.co.uk
For further information on School of Wok visit schoolofwok.co.uk
Looks awesome! Thanks for sharing 🙂
You’re welcome! 🙂
aaaah my favourite curry with cinnamon and now I know how to make it! and with pumpkin! I will die happy 😀
Curries are my comfort food so this will be made A LOT over winter. :))
I tend to order them a lot in winter 🙂 But after a first attempt went terribly wrong I have been avoiding the making :)))) *chicken*
Get back on the curry horse!
*suspiciously ogles the recipe*
*thinks “it will bite!”*
🙂
well trained and behaves I promise! 😉
Thanks for the inspiring post! 🙂
Glad you enjoyed!
Yum! It’s only 4PM but I’m ready for dinner after seeing this, haha.
Never too early for curry! 😉
This looks amazing, have been looking for some interesting gluten free recipes and this is seriously making me dribble.
That’s fab to hear. This is sooooo tasty. Do let me know if you give it a whirl! x
it looks delicious, especially nestled in the squash! Im trying to eat less meat during the week so I’m pinning this.
It really is delish and it’s one of those that tastes even better the next day so you can make extra or do in advance. Happy eating!