Stewed pumpkin with onions and herbs

Be sure to try this bright and healthy pumpkin dish! Stewed pumpkin at home is an ideal side dish for baked meat or fish, boiled or baked vegetables. It can be served both cold and hot with various sauces.
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 7 % 1 g
Fats 43 % 6 g
Carbohydrates 50 % 7 g
78 kcal
GI: 29 / 0 / 71

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 20 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    Prepare the specified ingredients. Peel the pumpkin from the peel and seeds, rinse, cut into large cubes of about 2 by 2 cm, you can do more, especially if the vegetable has a soft density of sugar grade.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Peel onions, rinse, cut in half. Cut each of the halves into half rings. If desired, such a vegetable can be cut into cubes.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Pour vegetable oil into a saucepan or cauldron, a frying pan with high sides. Place the container on the stove and warm up the oil, put the onion slices and fry for about 3-5 minutes until lightly browned.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Put the pumpkin cubes in the container.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Add salt, dried thyme, ground black pepper, you can add other seasonings or spices to taste: rosemary, oregano, etc .

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Peel the garlic clove from the husk, finely chop and add to the container. If the clove is large or you use several cloves to enhance the garlic flavor, then pass them into the container through a press. Fresh garlic can be replaced with garlic powder to taste. Stir gently and fry for about 3-5 minutes, but stir rarely during the roasting process, so that the pumpkin does not become soft and the dish does not turn into a puree.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Pour in hot water, cover the container with a lid and reduce the heat to a minimum. Put out the pumpkin at home for about 5-6 minutes. This time is quite enough for its preparation, and if you cut the pumpkin into larger cubes, then add another 2-3 minutes.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Put the finished dish on plates, decorate with chopped, washed greens, for example green onions, serve to the table.

Stewed pumpkin at home is a delicious, healthy and appetizing dish that can be served both with baked or boiled fish and with meat. It is ideal not only for lunch, but also for dinner, because it contains practically no calories. If desired, you can add various spices and spices to it every time, getting new flavors, as well as freeze pumpkin pieces in the freezer to always have such a necessary ingredient for numerous dishes on hand.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Pumpkin - 29   kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Thyme - 101   kcal/100g
  • Dried thyme - 276   kcal/100g
  • Thyme - 276   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Fresh frozen soup greens in a package - 41   kcal/100g
  • Greenery - 41   kcal/100g

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