Pumpkin leaves soup
Pumpkin leaves soup

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, pumpkin leaves soup. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Pumpkin leaves soup is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Pumpkin leaves soup is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

Pumpkin Leaves (Ugu) Soup - hearty, healthy soup with smoked meat that taste so sensational. Best paired with fufu, plantains or with rice. Most people would associate pumpkin leaves with fall and decorations.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook pumpkin leaves soup using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Pumpkin leaves soup:
  1. Make ready 1 cup Pumpkin leaves,washed
  2. Take 2 tomatoes
  3. Get 2 medium onions
  4. Take 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  5. Make ready 1 teaspoon Royco
  6. Make ready 1 pinch baking powder
  7. Prepare 1/2 tablespoon salt
  8. Prepare 250 ml milk
  9. Make ready 2 tablespoon cooking oil

I recommend making it with fresh kabocha squash, but buttercup squash, red kuri squash, Hubbard squash, or even butternut squash would work here too. In most African countries, pumpkin leaves are either cooked in oil and tomatoes or peanut butter. The peanut butter version is my all time favourite way of cooking pumpkin leaves. After hunting for pumpkin leaves for a very long time with no luck, I decided to grow my own just for the purpose of eating the greens.

Steps to make Pumpkin leaves soup:
  1. Cut the leaves and boil in water added to baking powder for 7 mins
  2. Remove from cooking pan and remove the remaining water,squeeze it until no more water is left
  3. In a clean pan,put the oil and bring to heat then add the cut onions and allow them cook until translucent
  4. Add the cut tomatoes and sprinkle salt and royco then cover for 2 minutes
  5. Stir until well mixed then add the tomato paste and stir until well mixed then add the leaves and cover for 2 minutes.
  6. Remove the lid and stir well then add the milk and allow it to simmer for 10 minutes.
  7. Serve it with a stew of your choice and ugali.

How are pumpkin leaves used for cooking? In Africa, pumpkin leaves are called Ugu and are very commonly used in soups and main dishes. They are used similarly in Indian cuisine. When cooked and prepared properly, pumpkin vine leaves are a smooth and creamy compliment to coconut based curries and peanut sauces. Prepare pumpkin leaves for cooking The inspiration for this soup comes from the regular pumpkin stir fry we make which is heavily tempered with curry leaves.

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