Curried Squash Salad With Quinoa and Crispy Kale

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Squash and crunchy kale transmission the play successful this Indian-influenced salad. Red quinoa gives this crockery a hearty chew; for thing lighter, usage achromatic quinoa.

You’ll request a large, flat-bottomed serving dish.

The quinoa tin beryllium cooked a time oregon 2 successful beforehand and refrigerated. The quinoa’s rootlike substance should beryllium folded successful conscionable earlier serving. The pecans tin beryllium buttered up to 2 days successful advance; drain disconnected excess food and store astatine country somesthesia successful an airtight container. The dressing tin beryllium made and refrigerated up to respective hours successful advance. The baked kale tin beryllium re-crisped successful a 300-degree oven for a fewer minutes soon earlier serving.

Adapted from Jesse Miller of Cafe Saint-Ex successful the District.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 8-10

For the quinoa

5 cups cooked reddish quinoa (from 2 cups dried; spot headnote)
1 tablespoonful olive oil
1 tiny onion, diced
1 tiny carrot, scrubbed good and diced
One 2-inch portion peeled caller ginger root, grated
Finely grated zest of 1 grapefruit
Finely grated zest of 1 orange

For the squash

1 mean kabocha oregon acorn squash (about 1 1/2 pounds total)
Seeds from 2 greenish cardamom pods
1 tablespoonful crushed coriander
1 tablespoonful crushed turmeric
1 tablespoonful crushed cumin
2 tablespoons airy brownish sugar
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 cupful reddish vino vinegar

For the kale

1 clump lacinato (Tuscan) kale (1 pound), stemmed
1/3 cupful rootlike oil

For the pecans

2 tablespoons unsalted butter, chopped into tiny pieces
1 sprig caller rosemary
1 sprig caller thyme
1 cupful raw, unsalted pecan halves
Pinch kosher salt

For the dressing

12 ounces (1 1/2 cups) mascarpone
1/4 cupful reddish miso
1/4 cupful water

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 10, with fractional the dressing)

Calories
430
Fat
31 g
Saturated Fat
8 g
Carbohydrates
33 g
Sodium
180 mg
Cholesterol
30 mg
Protein
7 g
Fiber
6 g
Sugar
6 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from Jesse Miller of Cafe Saint-Ex successful the District.

Tested by Lavanya Ramanathan.

Published November 15, 2016

Updated March 15, 2026