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Dithotse

Name: Dithotse
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Botswana
Ingredients: 100g (shell-on) Ground melon seeds; 1 tsp Vegetable oil; 1/2 tsp Salt

Snack

⏱ 20 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Pumpkin or melon seeds toasted and salted — Botswana's old-fashioned snack.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Dithotse are a Botswana snack of toasted pumpkin or melon (lerotse) seeds. The seeds are washed and dried, then toasted in an iron pot and salted. They've long been loved as a children's snack, for family time, and as food for long journeys.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On an evening in a Botswana village, a family sitting in front of their house picks up toasted pumpkin seeds, cracking the shells as they talk.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Ground melon seeds 100g (shell-on)
Vegetable oil 1 tsp
Salt 1/2 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Wash the pumpkin seeds, remove the fibers, and dry.
Coat a frying pan with oil and toast the seeds over medium heat.
Toast for 10 minutes, stirring, until they crackle and turn golden.
Turn off the heat and sprinkle with salt.
Cool, then serve in a bowl.

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