8+ Best Indian Butternut Squash Recipes

Looking for easy and healthy Vegetarian Indian butternut squash recipes to make in your Instant Pot or on the stovetop? Explore my collection of 8+ best butternut squash recipes, including vegan, keto, low-carb, and gluten-free options.

Love butternut squash? I enjoy cooking with fresh, seasonal produce, and butternut squash is a fall favorite. While it's available year-round in the USA, it's also very healthy. It is a versatile vegetable suitable for soups, pasta, roasting, stews, curries, purees, mash, side dishes, and desserts.

If you can't find butternut squash, you can easily use pumpkin instead-the same recipes work just as well. I've also shared a few Indian pumpkin recipes where pumpkin and butternut squash can be used interchangeably.

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What is Butternut Squash?

Butternut squash is a type of winter squash that grows on a vine, and like pumpkins, it is a member of the Cucurbitaceae family. Butternut squash has pale yellow-orange outer skin, and a bright orange-flesh and seeds interior. Both the skin and the flesh are hard and firm, almost shaped like an elongated pear.

Winter varieties include butternut, pumpkin, acorn, delicata, hubbard, and spaghetti squash. Zucchini, yellow, and pattypan squash are considered summer squashes.

The taste of butternut squash is sweet, a little nutty, similar to that of a pumpkin or sweet potato.

8+ Indian Vegetarian Butternut Squash Recipes

Let's have a look at the 8+ Indian Butternut Squash Recipes, which will offer you a variety of options.

roasted butternut squash served in a plate

Air Fryer Roasted Butternut Squash Cubes

Air Fryer Roasted Butternut Squash are bite-sized cubes that are tender, sweet, and spicy making a great accompaniment to any meal.

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butternut squash soup served in a bowl with pumpkin seeds and red chili flakes on the top

Instant Pot Butternut Squash Soup (Vegetarian)

This easy Butternut Squash Soup is a creamy, healthy & delicious recipe, made with butternut squash, carrots, onions and a touch of spice.

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butternut squash coconut curry served in a bowl with lime wedge on top and cooked basmati rice on the side

Butternut Squash Coconut Curry - Instant Pot & Stovetop

This creamy Butternut Squash Curry with coconut milk is rich, delicious and easy to make in instant pot pressure cooker or stovetop just under 30 minutes for busy weeknights.

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instant pot butternut squash thoran in abowl with butternut squash and curry leaves piece on side

Butternut Squash Thoran (South Indian)

Butternut Squash Thoran, also known as poriyal, is a South Indian stir fry recipe prepared with butternut squash, shallots, fresh coconut, and tempered with a few spices in Instant Pot Pressure Cooker or Stovetop

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Butternut tikka masala served in a bowl garnished with cilantro with a spoon in it and on the side dutch oven with butternut tikka masala.

Roasted Butternut Tikka Masala

This fall-inspired recipe for Roasted Butternut Tikka Masala can be made with chickpeas. The fragrant tomato coconut sauce is infused with Indian spices.

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Butternut Squash Dal served in a bowl topped with tempering and a piece of butternut squash on the side

Instant Pot Butternut Squash Dal

Butternut Squash Dal recipe is a comforting and an easy dal made in Instant Pot pressure cooker with toor dal (split pigeon peas lentils), butternut squash, tomatoes, Indian spices and cooked with pot-in-pot rice.

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Instant Pot Butternut Squash Pasta

Butternut Squash Pasta is a quick, comforting, filling, and delicious pasta recipe that is cheesy and creamy made with a seasonal ingredient - butternut squash in Instant Pot pressure cooker or Stovetop.

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Butternut Squash Paratha

Butternut Squash Paratha is a Indian Whole Wheat Butternut squash flatbread recipe prepared by kneading whole wheat flour and butternut squash puree together with few spices

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Sharing a few Indian pumpkin recipes, you can easily substitute pumpkin with butternut squash.