Stewed Pumpkin or Pumpkin Talkari (takari) is certainly one of many best vegan dishes you’ll ever bless your tastebuds with. I’ve shared the Stewed Pumpkin With Salted Cod, Curry Pumpkin With Shrimp and again in 2012 we did the Stewed Pumpkin With Shrimp, this vegetarian model continues to be ranks as my fave.
You’ll Want…
2 tablespoon olive oil
7 cloves garlic (minced)
1 teaspoon Caribbean Inexperienced Seasoning
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
5 lbs pumpkin (peeled, washed, sliced)
1 medium onion sliced
3/4 teaspoon salt (modify)
1/2 Scotch Bonnet pepper (non-obligatory)
1 tablespoon brown sugar
Notes! Might I like to recommend that you simply observe together with the video under as far more is mentioned there. Historically you’ll discover that individuals use a little bit of floor roasted Geera (cumin) within the recipe, nonetheless I’m not a fan of cumin, so I don’t. Moreover, mother would all the time add a little bit of ready salted Cod (saltfish) or shrimp to her stewed pumpkin. These recipes can be found right here on the web site as effectively. I wished to maintain this model totally vegan/vegetarian.
IMPORTANT! When you’re making this recipe gluten free, please undergo the complete record of elements to ensure they meet your particular gluten free dietary necessities.
Peel, wash and slice the pumpkin. Sure, you might use your fav squash with related outcomes. My desire can be Butternut Squash if Caribbean (Calabaza) pumpkin is tough to supply.
Warmth the oil in a deep pot on a medium flame, then add the olive oil adopted by the garlic. Flip the warmth right down to low, then add the Caribbean Green Seasoning and prepare dinner for 3 minutes.
Flip the warmth again as much as medium and add the ready pumpkin and stir effectively. That is once you’d add the water to assist deliver it to a boil. Add the salt, onion and Scotch Bonnet pepper. Keep in mind to clean your arms with cleaning soap and water after dealing with such scorching pepper. And use as a lot spicy pepper (any spicy pepper you want) as you’ll be able to deal with. Go away it out if ‘spicy’ isn’t your factor.
When you wished so as to add a teaspoon of floor roasted cumin (geera) you might accomplish that now. Alternatively you may have added a teaspoon of cumin seeds with the garlic in the beginning.
Mother was insistent that pumpkin is of course candy and didn’t want any sugar (once I instructed her what I used to be making for dinner with the final of the frozen buss up shut aka paratha roti she left earlier than they left Canada for the winter). Yea, add the brown sugar now. Stir effectively, place the lid on the pot and produce to a boil.
As soon as it involves a boil you’ve got two choices, go away the lid on barely ajar or as I did, take away it utterly. Flip the warmth to med/low and prepare dinner till all the things breaks down. You’ll discover (as defined within the video) that the pumpkin will launch a variety of pure liquid and in line with my household, stewed pumpkin is judged on how dry (with out burning) you get it on the finish.
It’s going to take between 35 and 45 minutes to get to the precise texture and you’ll be required to stir it comparatively usually because the sugars will wish to help it in burning within the space straight above the flame supply. Scrape the underside of the pot as you stir.
Within the pic above you’ll see how dry (but creamy) my stewed pumpkin turned out (a spatula can stand upright). Style and modify the salt to your liking and also you’re accomplished.
Served along with your favourite rice, Sada roti or as I do generally.. on it’s personal! It’s that good! When you’re enthusiastic about a model of Stewed Pumpkin with slated Pigtails, drop a remark under and I’ll get to it quickly.
Supply:caribbeanpot.com
