Chicken, lentil and pumpkin curry - Real Recipes from Mums

Adapted from “Slowcooking” – The Australian Women’s Weekly. A very comforting food, perfect for winter time!

Ingredients (serves 3)

1/2 kg diced chicken breast
70 grams dried red lentils
70 grams dried brown lentils
1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion finely chopped
1 tsp minced garlic
1 tsp minced ginger
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp ground turmeric
1 cup chicken stock
200 grams canned diced tomatoes
250 grams diced pumpkin
140 ml coconut milk
70 grams baby spinach
Natural yogurt to serve
Naan bread to serve

Method

Rinse lentils. Drain.
Add some olive oil to inner pot of All-in-One Cooker. Press SAUTE/SEAR HIGH TEMP. Set cooking time for 10 minutes. Press START.
Add onion, garlic, ginger and spices. After a couple of minutes add the chicken. Stir.
Add stock, tomatoes, pumpkin, and lentils.
Close lid. Press SLOW COOKER/LOW for 7 hours. Press START.
Set valve to VENT, open, add coconut milk, stir.
At this point I had some problems. I wanted to slow cook in HIGH for 10 minutes, but I wasn’t able to change the set time. The minimum time allowed was 2 hours. So I set the cooking time at 2 hours and 10 minutes, pressed START and checked the time. When it arrived at 2 hours I put the valve to VENT and opened.
Stir in spinaches and mix.
Serve with Naan bread and natural yogurt.

46 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 07 Apr 2022
    12:17 pm
Yummy….I really love curries and a slow cooked one is awesome when im working.

- - ella12 said
  - 03 Oct 2017
    11:39 am
This looks rather interesting, thanks for sharing.

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 27 Feb 2016
    6:14 pm
HUGE fan of lentils such a super food

- - rachelvk said
  - 16 Feb 2016
    10:01 pm
This looks delicious. I love love love my slow cooker and will be adding this recipe to my rotation!

- - mom113055 said
  - 12 Oct 2015
    10:46 pm
adapted from slow cooking

- - kymichelle said
  - 30 Sep 2015
    12:23 pm
This sounds like it would be really delicious and full of flavour!

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 19 Sep 2015
    7:26 pm
magic – I do something similar in the slow cooker, and make it into a soup x

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 16 Sep 2015
    7:33 pm
all my favourite foods in one pot – yummo, this is amazing

- - mom57808 said
  - 02 Aug 2015
    12:11 am
sounds great but such a lot of ingrediants
- mom90758 replied
  
  03 Aug 2015 , 12:29 pm
  A lot are spices though!
- - mom90758 said
  - 09 Jul 2015
    10:39 am
The lovely people at the MoM Team have modified the recipe for me, so now the amount of chicken appears!

- - mom69828 said
  - 08 Jul 2015
    8:32 pm
Yum! Love lentils & am always looking for new inspiration- thanks for sharing

- - crystalangela said
  - 08 Jul 2015
    7:42 pm
Sounds like a good recipe.
Did you realize that there is no amount of chicken specified in the ingredients?
- mom90758 replied
  
  09 Jul 2015 , 10:41 am
  They pointed it out to me yesterday and the amount of chicken is now appearing. Thanks!
- - mom90758 said
  - 08 Jul 2015
    7:16 pm
Oh my! Thanks to mom72197 I’ve just noticed that in the recipe I didn’t write down the amount of chicken. And I guess I can’t change the recipe anymore.
It’s half a kilo diced chicken breast.
Sorry!!

- - rovermum said
  - 08 Jul 2015
    9:46 am
I don’t normally cook with lentils, simply because I’m unsure of what to do with them. But, I do love this recipe and I know that lentils are good for you. So, here’s to giving it a go.

- - mom69828 said
  - 07 Jul 2015
    10:41 pm
This looks great & easy to do. Would love to know how much chicken though, as it’s not listed in the ingredients. Thanks

- - caland10 said
  - 07 Jul 2015
    10:04 pm
Thanks so much for sharing this recipe, it looks absolutely delicious! I am really looking forward to making it for dinner tomorrow

- - mom72197 said
  - 07 Jul 2015
    4:41 pm
In the Chicken, Lentil & Pumpkin Curry Recipe
How Much Chicken – no mention of chicken or amount ?
- mom90758 replied
  
  08 Jul 2015 , 7:14 pm
  Oh my! Thanks for letting me know! It’s half a kilo diced chicken breast
  - mom90758 replied
    
    09 Jul 2015 , 10:40 am
    
    It’s corrected now. Thank you again!
- - aliceou said
  - 07 Jul 2015
    4:24 pm
That makes a great meal for the family.

- - lepumpkinhead said
  - 07 Jul 2015
    12:58 pm
This sounds absolutely delicious, I love these types of hearty meals!

- - kjgarner said
  - 30 Jun 2015
    9:58 pm
Thank you very much for sharing!