Pumpkin the Japanese Way. Recipe

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Ingredients
5
Count
Nutrition
50
Calories
Total time
10
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 600 g pumpkin ( not butternut , but a hard skinned variety like queensland blue or kent)
  • 300 ml dashi
  • 2 tbsp mirin
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce

Directions:

  1. Halve or quater the pumpkin, remove seeds and stringy part.
  2. Cut into 5cm pieces.
  3. Slice off the skin at random to give surface a mottled appearance and to allow flavour of dashi to steep in.
  4. (We all are able to eat the skin once the dish is cooked).
  5. Put pumpkin in saucepan skin side down, and add the dashi.
  6. Bring to the boil and add the mirin and cook over low heat for 5 minutes, with a dropped lid (smaller than the cooking pot) placed right on top the ingredients.
  7. (This keeps the ingredients from breaking up, whilst distributing the flavours without stirring).
  8. Add the salt and soy.
  9. Cover with saucepan lid and simmer until soft and most of the liquid evaporates.
  10. Turn off the heat and cool in saucepan to let the flavour seep in.
  11. I taste before all the liquid is gone to see if it is flavorful enough as some pumpkins are tastier than others.
  12. If it's lacking in flavour I might add a bit more soy, mirin or a big pinch of sugar.
  13. This is generally eaten at room temperature as a side dish.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 49.83 Kcal (209 kJ)
Calories from fat 0 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Sodium 440.69mg 18%
Potassium 519.57mg 11%
Total Carbs 10.77g 4%
Sugars 4.91g 20%
Dietary Fiber 1.55g 6%
Protein 2g 4%
Vitamin C 13.5mg 23%
Iron 1.6mg 9%
Calcium 32.5mg 3%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 20.99 Kcal (88 kJ)
Calories from fat 0 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Sodium 185.63mg 18%
Potassium 218.86mg 11%
Total Carbs 4.54g 4%
Sugars 2.07g 20%
Dietary Fiber 0.65g 6%
Protein 0.84g 4%
Vitamin C 5.7mg 23%
Iron 0.7mg 9%
Calcium 13.7mg 3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 0.7
    Points
  • 1
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low calorie,
  • fat free,
  • saturated fat free,
  • cholesterol free

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