simmered pumpkin

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.