Recipe: Tasty Pumpkin

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Pumpkin. A pumpkin is a cultivar of winter squash that is round with smooth, slightly ribbed skin, and is most often deep yellow to orange in coloration. The thick shell contains the seeds and pulp. The name is most commonly used for cultivars of Cucurbita pepo, but some cultivars of Cucurbita maxima, C. argyrosperma, and C. moschata with similar appearance are also sometimes called "pumpkin".

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You can have Pumpkin using 8 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Pumpkin

1. Prepare 2 lb of pumpkin, peeled & cubed.

2. You need 6 clove of garlic.

3. You need 1 medium of onion thinly sliced.

4. Prepare 4 tbsp of olive oil, extra virgin.

5. You need 1 tsp of roasted ground cumin ( geera).

6. It’s 1 tsp of kosher salt to taste.

7. You need 2 tsp of brown sugar.

8. Prepare slice of habenero or scotch bonnet pepper( optional).

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Pumpkin comes in many varieties, although the most common varieties are the large ones used for carving jack-o'-lanterns and smaller, sweeter pie pumpkins.

Colorful pumpkins: 'Jarrahdale' has blue-green skin and makes for great decorations. 'Pepitas Pumpkin' is orange and green, and 'Super Moon' is a large white pumpkin.

On the left, a 'Jarrahdale' pumpkin.

Pumpkin instructions

1. Scrub the outside of pumpkin, pat dry, peel, scrape out seeds and cube.

2. Grate garlic, slice onion and hot pepper if using.

3. Heat oil in pot over medium heat, add onion and hot pepper ( if using) ,cook until onion is ligth golden brown add garlic and cook until translucent.

4. Add pumpkin stir to cost with oil, reduce heat to low,cover and cook till tender, stir occassionally so it doesnt stick.

5. When pumpkin becomes tender use the back of a spoon and mash until it is a paste like consistency and there are no chunks.

6. Cook until any liquid from pumpkin has evaporated and it begins to stick to the pot.

7. Stir in cumin.

8. Serve with roti, pita or naan.

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On the right, a 'Pepitas Pumpkin'.

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Pumpkin is a delicious type of winter squash, native to North America and particularly popular around Thanksgiving and Halloween.

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