simmered pumpkin
- Serves: 4
- Calories: 65 kcal
- Total Time: 35 m
- Prep: 5 m
- Cook: 25 m
- Japanese: Kabocha no nimono

- u.s.
- metric

ingredients:
- 1 pound pumpkin
- (buttercup or Japanese squash)
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce

step 1:
Remove the pumpkin seeds with a spoon.

step 2:
Cut the pumpkin into pieces bigger than bite-size (about 1 1/2 in.).

step 3:
Put the water, sugar, soy sauce and pumpkin in a pan.

step 4:
Cover and simmer for 20 minutes on medium heat.

comment:
This recipe is very popular home cooking. The soy sauce and sugar are well-suited to the pumpkin.

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