2020-08-13 / test@t

Hapama stuffed pumpkin

If pumpkins grow in your garden or you know someone who grows them, choose small pumpkins for this dish, 500 grams each, and make portioned hapama.

Hapama stuffed pumpkin
Ingredients
  • 1 round pumpkin weighing 2 kg
  • 1 medium onion
  • 100 g dark raisins
  • 50 g shelled walnuts
  • 50 g rice
  • 100 g butter
  • 1 st. l. ghee
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • salt

STEP-BY-STEP COOKING RECIPE

Step 1
Cut off the top third of the pumpkin and use a knife and a sharp spoon to remove all the pulp with seeds so that the walls are about 1.5 cm thick.
Step 2
For the filling, finely chop the onion and fry over medium heat in melted butter, 3 minutes. Add rice and sauté until golden brown.
Step 3
Soak the raisins in boiling water for 10 minutes, then put them on a sieve. Chop the walnuts. Remove the seeds from the pumpkin pulp, chop the pulp finely, add fried onions with rice, raisins, nuts, salt and cinnamon, mix well.
Step 4
Fill the pumpkin with the filling, pour in 150 ml of water, cover with the cut top, place on a greased baking sheet and bake in an oven preheated to 170 ° C until soft, about 2 hours.
Step 5
Cut the finished pumpkin into pieces, pour over melted butter and serve.
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