Roast Pumpkin & Apple Massaman Curry

Sebby Holmes

Sebby Holmes

30th September 2026
Sebby Holmes

Roast Pumpkin & Apple Massaman Curry

40 min

A fragrant Thai massaman curry featuring caramelised roasted pumpkin and apple, simmered with vegetables in coconut milk, and served with jasmine rice.


Recipe by Sebby Holmes, Farang. Serves 2.

Ingredients

curry

  • 100g massaman curry paste (Our Payst massaman curry paste comes pre-seasoned. If not using this, add palm sugar and seaweed or soy sauce to taste)
  • 50ml coconut or vegetable oil
  • 2 makrut lime leaves, torn to release flavour
  • 4 slices pumpkin (100/150g), with the skin on and seeds removed
  • 1 cooking apple, peeled, core removed and chopped into 8 wedges
  • 1 pinch coarse sea salt
  • 1 tablespoon caster sugar
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 200ml vegetable stock
  • 250ml coconut milk
  • 100g green beans, ends removed and chopped into 2
  • 6 new potatoes, chopped into quarters
  • 1 tablespoon raisins
  • 100g baby corn, chopped into bite-sized bits
  • 20g (a handful) fresh Thai basil
  • Steamed jasmine rice, for serving

optional garnish

  • 10g crispy shallots
  • 10g roasted peanuts, roughly pounded in a pestle & mortar
  • 2 makrut lime leaves, cut into thin strips
  • A few Thai basil sprigs

Method

curry

Prepare all your ingredients and get your jasmine rice cooking. Remember to wash your rice thoroughly before cooking, and use a rice cooker if you can.
Roast your apple and pumpkin. Pre-heat your oven to 180 degrees centigrade. Using your hands, coat the chopped pumpkin and apple in half the oil, and lay out onto a baking tray lined with baking parchment.
Sprinkle with a pinch of salt and roast on the top shelf of the oven for around 20-25 minutes, until you can easily push a knife through the apple and pumpkin.
When cooked, remove from the oven, sprinkle with the sugar and return to the oven for a further 5 minutes, until the sugar has caramelised on top of the pumpkin and apple. Then remove from the oven and set aside for now.
Heat the rest of the oil in a large wok or pan to a medium heat. When hot, add the massaman curry paste and the torn makrut lime leaves.
Continue to fry the paste for 1-2 minutes in the oil, making sure to scrape from the pan regularly, so it does not stick.
When the paste has begun to darken, deglaze the pan with 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, all the stock and half the coconut milk, then bring to a simmer.
Once simmering, add all the green beans, baby corn, raisins and potatoes and simmer on a low heat for a further 7-8 minutes, until all the vegetables are cooked.
When all the raw vegetables are cooked, add the roasted pumpkin and apple to the curry for a minute or so to reheat if they have gone cold. If they are still warm, arrange them nicely into your serving bowl to serve the curry on top of.
Remove from the heat and finish with the picked Thai basil and the rest of the coconut milk.

serve

Serve in a large sharing bowl with fresh steamed jasmine rice. If you like, garnish with Thai basil sprigs, crispy shallots, roasted peanuts and julienned makrut lime leaves.

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