By Food52
Roasted Butternut Squash with Sweet Spices, Lime, and Green Chile
This recipe comes from Yotam Ottolenghi's Plenty. It is surprising and refreshing, and I find it irresistible. A few notes: The original recipe calls for whole cardamom pods and allspice. I was feeling lazy and liked the flavor of garam masala when I tried it once, so that's what I use. If you want to use cardamom pods, place 2 tablespoons pods in a mortar and work with a pestle to get the seeds out of the pods. Discard the pods and work the seeds to a rough powder. Transfer to a small bowl and add 1 teaspoon of allspice and use this in place of the garam masala. Or use any other combination of these sweet, wintry spices: cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, etc. Also, this recipe will leave you with enough sauce to make this dish at least one more time. I don't suggest trying to halve it -- having the sauce on hand will mean less prep next time around.
Updated at: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:30:32 GMT
Nutrition balance score
Great
Glycemic Index
61
Moderate
Glycemic Load
15
Moderate
Nutrition per serving
Calories285.8 kcal (14%)
Total Fat20.5 g (29%)
Carbs25.3 g (10%)
Sugars5.4 g (6%)
Protein5.8 g (12%)
Sodium222.2 mg (11%)
Fiber5.2 g (18%)
% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Ingredients
4 servings
2limes
1 tablespoonfresh lime juice
divided
maldon sea salt
4 tablespoonolive oil
divided
1butternut squash
medium
1 teaspoongaram masala
or cardamom cloves cinnamon etc
½ cupgreek yogurt
2 ½ tablespoontahini
1green chile
such as a jalapeño, thinly sliced, i give the slices a rough chop, too
⅔ cupcilantro leaves
picked
Instructions
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