Boiled Pumpkin Food
Obviously, we have to fuel our bodies with food and drink to keep us alive. However, eating is a matter of taste that why we have a rich variety of foods along our country. My favorite food is vegetable, more particularly, I love “Boiled Pumpkin Shoots.”
In terms of food, technically we can eat most parts of pumpkin trees from flesh, seeds, flowers, young leaves, to tender shoots. Boiled pumpkin shoots have green color as you may know and being prepared in small parts that suit our mouths. If you eat only boiled pumpkin shoots, you will feel soft, watery, fresh, and slightly sweet. Yet, if you use it with blended sauce (a blend of garlic, red chilies, ginger, sugar, and fish sauce), then you will feel a bit spicy, and aromatic from the combination
of compounds of sauce.
To make this dish, I go through 5 big steps. First off all, I collect some pumpkin leaves and shoots from my small garden. Secondly, I get rid of any tough, matured, and furry parts, then I break shoots into small parts, about 1 inch. Thirdly, I rinse prepared shoots with running water to clean and soften pumpkin leaves. Next, I put this part into the boiling water for around 5 minutes. To keep the natural color of pumpkin shoots, I add a little salt into boiling water and open the lid while cooking. I separate leaves from water and put leaves on a plate. Lastly, the sauce is prepared by smashing (not cut or chop) garlic, chilies, ginger, sugar, plus three spoons of fish sauce.
Are you ready to try it? Only thought of this dish, saliva keeps producing in my mouth. I just want to have a dish of boiled pumpkin shoots to eat with white rice at this moment. Eating is not simply to fill in our stomachs, but it is time to relax, gather, and have fun with our family and friends.
In terms of food, technically we can eat most parts of pumpkin trees from flesh, seeds, flowers, young leaves, to tender shoots. Boiled pumpkin shoots have green color as you may know and being prepared in small parts that suit our mouths. If you eat only boiled pumpkin shoots, you will feel soft, watery, fresh, and slightly sweet. Yet, if you use it with blended sauce (a blend of garlic, red chilies, ginger, sugar, and fish sauce), then you will feel a bit spicy, and aromatic from the combination
of compounds of sauce.
To make this dish, I go through 5 big steps. First off all, I collect some pumpkin leaves and shoots from my small garden. Secondly, I get rid of any tough, matured, and furry parts, then I break shoots into small parts, about 1 inch. Thirdly, I rinse prepared shoots with running water to clean and soften pumpkin leaves. Next, I put this part into the boiling water for around 5 minutes. To keep the natural color of pumpkin shoots, I add a little salt into boiling water and open the lid while cooking. I separate leaves from water and put leaves on a plate. Lastly, the sauce is prepared by smashing (not cut or chop) garlic, chilies, ginger, sugar, plus three spoons of fish sauce.
Are you ready to try it? Only thought of this dish, saliva keeps producing in my mouth. I just want to have a dish of boiled pumpkin shoots to eat with white rice at this moment. Eating is not simply to fill in our stomachs, but it is time to relax, gather, and have fun with our family and friends.