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🍽️ Pumpkin Cubes in Caramelized Butter Sauce

417 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 500 g pumpkin flesh
• 1 bunch spring onions
• 2 chili peppers
• 2 garlic cloves
• 4 tbsp sugar
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 lime (zest and juice)
• 30 g pumpkin seeds
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• 200 g long-grain rice

Instructions

1. 1. Cut the pumpkin into large cubes.
2. 2. Wash the spring onions and cut them into small pieces.
3. 3. Slit the chili peppers lengthwise.
4. 4. Remove the seeds from the chili peppers under running water.
5. 5. Finely chop the deseeded chili peppers.
6. 6. Peel the garlic.
7. 7. Dice the garlic.
8. 8. Boil the pumpkin in salted water for about 15 minutes.
9. 9. Drain the pumpkin.
10. 10. Let the pumpkin drip dry.
11. 11. Add sugar and 2 tablespoons of water to a pan.
12. 12. Heat the pan and stir the sugar slowly until it caramelizes to a golden brown color.
13. 13. Remove the pan from the heat.
14. 14. Add the butter to the pan and let it melt.
15. 15. Place the pan back on the heat.
16. 16. Add the pumpkin, spring onions, chili, and garlic to the pan.
17. 17. Toss the ingredients in the pan for 2 to 3 minutes.
18. 18. Add the grated zest of a lime to the pan.
19. 19. Add the juice of a lime to the pan.
20. 20. Add the pumpkin seeds to the pan.
21. 21. Season the dish to taste with salt and pepper.
22. 22. Serve the dish with rice.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 417
• Protein: 8 g · Fett/Fat: 11 g · Carbs: 70 g