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Kiveve

Name: Kiveve
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Paraguay
Ingredients: 500g Pumpkin; 100g Melting Cheese; 1/2 Onion; 150ml Milk; 3 tbsp Precooked Corn Flour; 2 tsp Sugar; 20g Butter; A pinch Salt; 100ml Water

Side Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Pumpkin simmered sweet, mashed, and bound with cheese and cornmeal — an orange purée from Paraguay.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Kiveve is a traditional Paraguayan dish rooted in Guaraní food culture: pumpkin (andai) is simmered with onion and mashed, then finished thick with milk, cheese, and cornmeal. Gentle sweetness and salty cheese come together, and it's eaten as a side for meat dishes or as a light lunch.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At midday in a rural Paraguayan home, a pot of thick orange purée is set on a wooden table and served with grilled meat.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Pumpkin 500g
Melting Cheese 100g
Onion 1/2
Milk 150ml
Precooked Corn Flour 3 tbsp
Sugar 2 tsp
Butter 20g
Salt A pinch
Water 100ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Peel and seed the pumpkin and cut into bite-size pieces.
Melt butter in a pot and sauté the chopped onion.
Add the pumpkin and water, cover, simmer 15 minutes until soft, and mash.
Add the milk, sugar, and salt, sprinkle in the cornmeal little by little, and simmer 5 minutes, stirring.
Add the cheese to melt and, when thick, serve.

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