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simmered pumpkin

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

ingredients:

  • 1 pound pumpkin
  • (buttercup or Japanese squash)
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
Step 1

step 1:

Remove the pumpkin seeds with a spoon.

Step 2

step 2:

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

Step 3

step 3:

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

Step 3

step 4:

Cover and simmer for 20 minutes on medium heat.

Kabocha no nimono

comment:

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

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