Who doesn’t love a good pumpkin recipe? This delicious Pumpkin Rice side dish is perfect for your Sunday meal menu. Meats can be added to this recipe such as salt fish etc. Give it a try today.
Ingredients
- 2 lbs pumpkin, washed, peeled and sliced into cubes
- 2 cups rice, washed (i used parboiled brown rice)
- coconut milk (i used 3/4 of the powdered milk)
- 3 pimento peppers, diced
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 5 garlic cloves, chopped
- a few twigs of chives
- a few big thyme leaves, chopped
- fresh thyme
- 2 chado beni leaves, diced
- salt to taste
- water as needed
- 1 tablespoon oil of choice
Instructions
- in a large skillet, add oil and heat up. add in some of the above mentioned seasonings with the exception of the thyme and mix well.
- allow to sautee for a few minutes. next add in pumpkin and give it a good stir
- sautee for a couple of minutes. next add in some water (roughly half to 1 cup) and allow to boil/cook for about 5 minutes (should be half cooked at that point)
- add in coconut milk and mix well. next add in rice and some water.
- gently stir. go in with the remaining seasonings and salt. be sure to check for flavour and add any seasoning of choice. water should be added as needed.
- allow to cook.
- remove from heat and serve with your favourite meat side and salad of choice
- enjoy!
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