Sweet pumpkin

September 13, 2012 (Last Updated: October 11, 2019)

Sweet pumpkin

Serves: 4
Cooking Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

  • 45ml (3 tbsp) sunflower oil
  • 5 cloves
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 800g pumpkin, peeled and diced
  • 65g (½ cup) treacle sugar
  • 125ml (½ cup) water
  • 10ml (2 tsp) ground cinnamon
  • 5ml (1 tsp) ground nutmeg

Instructions

1

Heat the oil in a medium pot. Add the cloves and cinnamon sticks to the oil and fry until fragrant, about 1 minute.

2

Add the pumpkin to the pot and fry for 5 minutes, stirring every now and then. Add the sugar, water and ground spices to the pumpkin and mix well.

3

Cook over medium heat, stirring every few minutes, until the pumpkin has softened and become sticky and sweet, about 25 minutes.

4

Serve with roast meat or a bredie.

 

 

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