[wighty]

Compost Queen , you want curry well here's courgette and parsnips in Moghlai sauce

heat 1 tbsp oil and fry 5 oz onions and then ad 2 tbsp korma paste and cook 4 - 5 mins.   Stir in 284ml single cream and 3 fl ox water and 7 o\ cooked parsnips diced.  Add 7 oz diced courgettes simer 3-5 mins add 1-2 tbsp corainder and mix, sprinkle over 1 tbssp flaked almonds and serve with rice and naan.

[Yorkie]

Wighty, that sounds absolutely fab.  Can I just check, does o/cook mean completely cooked?

[wighty]

sorry, must have been a slip of the finger, it's supposed to be 7 oz cooked parsnips.

While I'm here, here's a recipe for aubergine, courgette and Dolcelatte pie,.  Heat 1 tbsp oil and fry 1 red onion and 1 tsp garlic till soft.  Add 1 red pepper chopped, 1 aubergine cubed and 1 courg cubed, cook 15 mins till soft.  Roll out pack of puff pastry and spoon veg on one half and dot with cheese.  Dampen edges with water and fold over.  Make 4 slashes on top.  Brush with egg, sprinkly with sesame seed and bake gas 6 200 C for 20-25 mins.

[annie b]

ooh that sounds gorgeous and one I will definitely try.When you say dot with cheese....how much dolcelatte do you use?

[wighty]

Must get my fingers organised better.  Sorry. 4 oz Dolcelatte.

[goose]

My italian mother in law does the following with aubergines but i find it works equally well with courgettes and keeps for ages in the fridge as a cold side dish, excellent at bbq,s/picnics.

slice courgettes thinly lengthways and chargrill both sides on griddle pan and layer in a serving dish.

crush 4 cloves of garlic, good glug of white wine vinager, bit of water to dilute, salt, black pepper, teaspoon of sugar and a large handfull of parsley chopped up.  heat in pan until hot and sugar disolved and pour over courgettes. cover with cling film and let cool before storing in fridge.  

this tastes better the following day as all the flavours are marinated into the veg.  i sometimes alternate layers of aubergine with courgette....YUM.

[compostqueen]

made courgette and lotty veg pakora last night and a quiche today  

[Deano27]

barbecued courgettes with tahini dressing

this is what i do with my courgettes, its an absolute revelation as i've never been a huge fan of courgettes.  its a hugh f-w recipe from the guardian a few weeks ago.  i tend to just griddle the courgettes and then serve them in the flatbread.  i actually did these at a bbq a few weeks back and they went down a treat

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/jul/05/recipe.foodanddrink2