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Braised spiced pumpkin recipe

Ingredients /nutrition

  • 80 g sliced shallots
  • 15 g sliced ginger
  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 150 ml chicken stock
  • 650 g pumpkin chunks
  • 1 sliced turmeric leaf
  • 3 kaffir lime leaves
  • 1 stalk lemon grass
  • 9 bird's eye chilies (cili padi)
  • 350 ml coconut milk
  • 15 g sliced lemon basil
  • 75 g sliced scallions
  • salt to taste

Methods / instructions

  1. Using a stone mortar, grind shallots and ginger into a smooth paste.
  2. Heat up oil and saute paste until fragrant.
  3. Add in chicken stock, pumpkin, turmeric leaf, lime leaves, lemon grass, bird’s eye chilies and coconut milk.
  4. Stir briefly, bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer gently until pumpkin is soft.
  5. Add remaining ingredients and cook for a further 3 minutes.
  6. Serve hot.

Servings: 4

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