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Lephutshe

Name: Lephutshe
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Botswana
Ingredients: 500g Pumpkin; 2 tbsp Sugar; 20g Butter; 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder; A pinch Salt; 100ml Water

Side Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Pumpkin cooked sweet with sugar and cinnamon — a Botswana side dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Lephutshe is the Setswana word for pumpkin, and pumpkin cooked sweet with sugar and cinnamon is served as a side to seswaa and bogobe. Pairing sweet vegetables with meat dishes is common in southern African homes, and it's a staple of Sunday lunches and celebrations.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At Sunday lunch in a Botswana home, orange sweet pumpkin shares a plate with shredded beef and porridge.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Pumpkin 500g
Sugar 2 tbsp
Butter 20g
Cinnamon powder 1/2 tsp
Salt A pinch
Water 100ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Peel and seed the pumpkin and dice.
Put the pumpkin and water in a pot, cover, and simmer 10 minutes.
Add the sugar, butter, and salt and cook until the liquid is gone.
Mash lightly.
Sprinkle with cinnamon.

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