Mashed Recipes

This easy-to-make mashed recipe is perfect for Thanksgiving. This recipe is classic, simple, and perfectly fits the season. Meshed is as simple to make, but still there is a real art in getting them perfect. Not too airy or too heavy, with just enough butter, salt, pepper, and cream. 

Mashed potato

Ingredients: 1 1/3 pounds (4 medium) Russet potatoes, washed, peeled, and slice into uniform 2-inch pieces, 1 teaspoon salt, divided, 2 tablespoons warm butter, 1/2 to 2/3 cup hot milk….How to make it>>

Mashed Cauliflower

Ingredients: 1 medium head cauliflower, trimmed and cut into small florets (about 5 to 7 cups), 1 to 2 table spoons extra virgin olive oil, Sea salt and ground black pepper to taste….How to make it>>

Mashed Vegetables

Ingredients: 1 table spoon olive oil, 1 onion, chopped, 1 garlic clove, crushed, 1 red pepper finely chopped, seeds removed, 1 large parsnip, peeled and diced, 2 leeks, cut into rings, 350g/12 oz potatoes, peeled and diced, 2 table spoon milk, 1 tea spoon mustard, 60g/ 2 oz mature cheddar, grated, 60g/ 2 oz light cream cheese….How to make it>>

Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients: 2 medium sweet potatoes peeled and slice into 2-inch chunks, 1/2 cup half and half, 3 table spoons butter, 2 table spoons light- brown sugar, Coarse salt and ground pepper….How to make it>>

Mashed Potatoes and Cauliflower

Ingredients: 2 lbs Ontario Baking Potatoes, 4 cloves Ontario Garlic, slice into quarters, 2 cups Ontario Cauliflower florets, 3/4 cup milk, heated, 3 table spoons olive oil, 1 tea spoon salt, 1/4 tea spoon pepper, 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese, 1/3cup chopped Ontario Chives or Green Onion….How to make it>>

Mashed Potatoes and root Vegetables

Ingredients: 2 lbs Yukon gold potatoes or 2 lbs russet potatoes, peeled, cubed, 1 cup sweet potato, peeled, diced, 1/2 cup rutabaga, peeled, diced, 1/2 cup turnip, peeled, diced, 1/4 cup heavy cream, 1/4 cup milk, 1 table spoon unsalted butter, 1 pinch ground nutmeg, 1 pinch white pepper, 1 table spoon kosher salt….How to make it>>

Mashed Green Banana

Ingredients: 4 green bananas, 200g can peeled tomatoes; liquidized, 2 cloves garlic, minced, 1 inch ginger, grated, 2 peppers, minced, 1 table spoon vegetable oil, 1 tea spoon mustard seeds, 1/2 ta spoon cumin seeds, 1/2 tea spoon turmeric, 2 tea spoons coriander/cumin mix, Salt to taste, Fresh coriander for garnish….How to make it>

Mashed Radish

Ingredients: 1 1/2 kg white radish, 2 cups water, 3 table spoons vegetable oil, 2 cloves, 3-4 dry red peppers, 1/2 tea spoon ginger powder, Salt to taste, Asafetida a pinch, 1/2 Tikka masala, crushed….How to make it>>

Spicy Mashed Chicken

Ingredients: 250gm skinless, boneless Chicken, 2 finely chopped big onions, 1/4 green capsicum, 1/2 finely chopped ginger, 2 finely chopped tomatoes, 2 green peppers, 2 finely chopped garlic, 1 chopped dry red pepper, 1 teaspoon Kasoori methi, 1 teaspoon coriander powder, 1/2 teaspoon garam masala, 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice, 1/4 teaspoon pepper powder, 1 teaspoon chopped coriander leaves, 2-3 tablespoons oil, Salt to taste….How to make it>>

Mashed Chicken and Potatoes

Ingredients: 1.5kg chicken, cut into 8 pieces, Salt and freshly ground black pepper, 50g plain flour, 2 tablespoons olive oil, 110g butter, 175g button mushroom, 40g caster sugar, 175ml white wine, 350ml chicken stock, 3 tablespoons tomato puree, Small handful fresh tarragon, half left as sprigs, half finely chopped, 2 tomatoes, peeled, seeds removed, chopped….How to make it>>

Mashed Yellow Split Peas

Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups yellow split peas, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 medium onion, chopped, 2-3 tablespoons jalapenos, minced, 1 teaspoon fresh turmeric, grated, 1/2 -1 teaspoon curry powder, 2 tablespoons peanut oil or 2 tablespoons ghee, 1 1/2 teaspoons black mustard seeds, 1 lemon juice, Fresh cilantro (to garnish)….How to make it>>

Mashed Brinjal

Ingredients: 1 big brinjal, 2 table spoons oil, 1 pinch asafetida, 1/2 tea spoon cumin seeds, 1 big onion, 1 table spoon chopped ginger, 1 tea spoon chopped garlic, 1 tea spoon green peppers, 1 big chopped tomato, 1 tea spoon pepper powder, 1/2 tea spoon turmeric powder, 1/2 tea spoon garam masala, Salt….How to make it>>

Mashed Pumpkin

Ingredients: 1 small pumpkin, 1 pinch turmeric powder, 1 small marble size, tamarind, 1 tea spoon salt, 2 table spoon sesame oil, 1 table spoon Bengal gram dal, 1 tea spoon coriander seeds, 4 red peppers +1 for seasoning, 1 pinch asafetida, 1 piece cinnamon, 2 table spoons dry coconut gratings/copra, 1 pinch mustard seeds, A few curry leaves, A few cashew nuts….How to make it>>

Mashed Cucumber with Garlic

Ingredients: 1 medium cucumber, peeled and grated, 4 garlic cloves, peeled and mashed to a paste, 2 table spoons olive oil, Salt and freshly-ground black pepper to taste, A little vinegar, 2 table spoons fresh dill weed, finely chopped , A few ripe olives….How to make it>> 

Mashed Potatoes and Cabbage

Ingredients: 3 pounds potatoes, peeled and slice into chunks, 1/4 cup milk, 2 table spoons mayonnaise, 1/4 cup unsalted butter, 4 slices bacon, chopped, 1 large onion, diced, 1 clove garlic, minced, 1/4 tea spoon cayenne pepper, 1/2 head cabbage, cut into thin strips, 1/2 cup water, Salt and ground black pepper to taste, 2 cups fully cooked ham, slice into bite-size pieces….How to make it>>

Mashed Potatoes and Broccoli

Ingredients: 2 big potatoes, peeled, 2 cups chopped fresh broccoli, 1/4 cup milk, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1/2 onion, chopped, 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, 3 eggs, 1 cup milk, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg….How to make it>>

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Mashed Pumpkin

Thanksgivings is around the corner; the preparation, and the planning is at its peak. We do not have family here. We do not meet very many people during Thanksgiving. But all the celebrations and the preparations reminds me of house. Pumpkins and bitternut squashes are so plentifully used during this time of the year here. But back home we prepared mashed pumpkin almost round the year.

This is a very easy recipe, perhaps the most underrated of all the ways we prepare mashed pumpkin; this is not the kind of dish which would be ever written down. It was just an insignificant part of our everyday meals. Insignificant it was, but I like it! Using the fire cooked dried pepper was my mother’s signature touch. That distinct aroma of the fire cooked peppers and the mustard oil joint with the creamy yellow pumpkin to make everlasting memory.

On its own, mashed pumpkin is very law in fat and loves other brightly colored vegetables such as broccoli and carrots, rich in vital vitamins, antioxidants and beta carotene. The seeds are also an excellent source of fiber and minerals such as iron and zinc. Seeds in different forms—cooked, shelled, unshelled—are readily available in health food supplies and some supermarkets these days and prepare a healthy snack or a crispy addition to salads.

This simple recipe for deliciously buttery and lightly spiced mashed pumpkin is a best alternative to mashed potato. It is also the perfect complement to blander foods such as steamed greens or poached chicken.

Nutrition Information

Amount per serving: Calories—69, Calories from fat—31, Total fat—3g, Saturated fat—241mg, Trans fat—102mg, Sodium—973mg, Carbohydrate—10g, Dietary fiber—2g, Sugar—2g, Protein—937mg, Vitamin A—125%, Vitamin C—24%, Calcium—4%, Iron—4%, Potassium—1%.

Ingredients

1 small pumpkin

1 pinch turmeric powder

1 small marble size, tamarind

1 tea spoon salt

2 table spoon sesame oil

1 table spoon Bengal gram dal

1 tea spoon coriander seeds

4 red peppers +1 for seasoning

1 pinch asafetida

1 piece cinnamon

2 table spoons dry coconut gratings/copra

1 pinch mustard seeds

A few curry leaves

A few cashew nuts

How to make Mashed Pumpkin

Peel and chop the pumpkin into big cubes. Soak tamarind in hot water and extract the juice. Add turmeric powder and cook the pumpkin cubes in tamarind juice on medium flame. Add little more water if necessary to cover the vegetable.

In the mean while heat 1/4 tea spoon of oil and add cinnamon, Bengal gram dal, coriander seeds and red peppers. Roast till it becomes golden in color giving out a pleasant aroma. Add asafetida and switch off flame. Grind the cooked ingredients into a fairly smooth powder adding copra in the end. When the pumpkin is thoroughly roasted add salt and mash well using the back of the ladle.

Add the ground powder and cook for one minute till the spice blends well with the pumpkin and switch off flame. The consistency should be thick like gravy. Heat the remaining oil in a seasoning ladle and add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds splutter add the cashew nuts and fry till they become golden in color. Add one broken red pepper and the curry leaves and pour the seasoning on the tovvae.

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