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Sweet Pumpkin Dish

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Course: Side Dish

Ingredients

  • 300 / 10.5 gr. / oz. pumpkin peeled and cut to large cubes (Vata - Pitta - Kapha -)
  • 2 large sweet potatoes peeled and cut to large cubes (Vata - - Pitta - Kapha +)
  • 2 onions cut to large cubes (Vata - - Pitta + Kapha -)
  • 1 cinnamon stick 5 cm long (Vata - Pitta + Kapha - -)
  • 1/2 tsp. turmeric Vata + Pitta - Kapha - -
  • 1 Tbs. brown sugar Vata - Pitta - - Kapha ++
  • 1/2 tsp. black pepper ground (Vata - Pitta + Kapha - -)
  • 1 tsp. rock salt Vata - - Pitta 0 Kapha +
  • 1 Tbs. ghee Vata - Pitta - - Kapha +
  • Handful of black raisons Vata - Pitta - Kapha 0
  • Handful of almonds peeled (Vata - - Pitta - - Kapha +)

Instructions

  • Heat the ghee in a wide cooking pot.
  • Fry the onions with the cinnamon stick until golden.
  • Add the pumpkin and sweet potato cubes and season with sugar, turmeric, ground black pepper, salt and raisons.
  • Add water almost to cover, lower the flame, cover and cook for about 40 minutes until the sweet potato and pumpkin cubes are soft and tender and the sauce thickens.
  • When serving, top with peeled almonds.