Recently, there was a big sale for locally pumpkins which are far smaller
than Americans pumpkins.
Our pumpkins are not large enough to make a Jack-O-lantern for Halloween
but you can enjoy a variety of pumpkin recipes, from stir fries, soups and
cakes from ONE pumpkin!
I used to bake pumpkin cakes, pumpkin breads and pumpkin creamy soups
but I have never make this Stir Fry Pumpkin with Yellow Onions.
Once, I saw a local food court selling homecooked food for consumers to
dine in.
It looked tasty that I had decided to order a plate of stir fried pumpkin and
use my taste buds to figure out what are the ingredients and seasoning of
this dish.
A combination of soft pumpkins without skin, Big yellow onions, black
sesame seeds, green chillies and curry leaves.
You have to add sugar or salt into the pumpkin dish.
And a little curry powder and curry to produce the fragrant pumpkin.
This may look alike an Indian pumpkin recipe but anyone of any race
would be able to enjoy this simple dish with white rice or porridge.
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Serves: 3-4 persons
· olive oil
· 1 Big yellow onion ( bombay onion)
· 2 sprigs curry leaves
· 1 tsp black sesame seeds
· 1 tbsp curry powder ( any flavor-mutton/vegetarian/chicken/seafood)
· 1 tsp chilli powder
· 1/2 pumpkin flesh without skin
· 1 green chilli-remove seeds, cut into sections
· water, salt and sugar
1. Cut pumpkin into large cubes
2. Peel onion and cut into rings
3. Heat up frying pan with olive oil
4. Stir fry onion and curry leaves until fragrant
5. Stir in pumpkin cubes, stir fry for a couple of minutes
6. Add in water, curry powder, sugar, salt to taste and simmer
7. Use a fork to poke the pumpkins.
8. If they are easily poke through, yup, they are cooked.
9. Turn off heat.
10. Scatter sesame seeds.
11. Serve hot.
Honestly, I know how to eat pumpkins but do not know how to choose a
fresh and tasty pumpkins until I had asked my mother-in-law for her advice.
Now, I had learned how to choose a fresh pumpkin not from my
mother-in-law alone but from those aunties in the supermarket
who happens to choose over the pumpkins too.
Pumpkins are different from watermelons.
You cannot guess whether the flesh is ripe or raw by knocking it.
Smelling the pumpkin doesn’t work either.
The skin is too thick and dusty!
You have to use these tips to pick a good, fresh pumpkin for your cooking
purpose ( not craving for Halloween)
l Life up two medium size pumpkins and the heavier one is better
( although both pumpkins are the same size)
l Look out for the skin. It should be firm, not soft or punch with holes.
l Look at the stems. It should be dark green not brown.
It shouldn’t be dried out.
l Darker orange pumpkins indicate that they are ripen.
l Dark / light green on most part of the skin means the pumpkins are still
raw, need to put on the shelf to ripen.
l Do not choose the biggest pumpkin if you cannot finish cooking / baking
them in a week.
l Cut pumpkins, kept in the fridge would not last longer than 4 days.
It will start to rot.
l Choose a medium size pumpkin as according to your needs.
Do not discard the pumpkin seeds!
Wash them, remove the pulps.
Then dry them under hot sun.
Roast the pumpkin seeds.
You can crack the shells open and have a healthy pumpkin seeds for
snacking!
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I love pumpkin seeds. It is delicious to eat and is good to have it as a snack or while waiting for someone elsewhere. It kills boredom.