WHAT'S ON THE AFRICAN MENU? (1) ( PUMPKINS)

The African menu is serving pumpkin grown naturally from my African field with no chemicals added.The pumpkin is very easy to cook not much work is required. Although there are so many methods of serving the very nice vegetable.

Growing up my family and I used to love pumpkins served with tea. We used to place more value on the pumpkin leaves and eat them with pap, but that's a recipe for another day.Today we are looking at the beautiful pumpkin.


INGREDIENTS

1 Whole pumpkin

PREPARATION METHOD

Cut the whole pumpkin into slices and place the pumpkin slices into the pot.
Add 500ml of water into the pot
Add1/4 of sugar, sprinkle it on the pumpkin slices
place it on the stove or a food steamer for 30mintues

pumpkins have their own natural sweet taste,but if you want to serve it with other foods, such as rice and macaroni you don't have to add sugar.
Add sugar if you are going to have it the African way as a tea snack.

STAGE ONE -TAKE A WHOLE PUMPKIN

STAGE TWO- CUT IT INTO SLICES

    YOU COOK THE  PUMPKIN FOR 30 MINUTES AND SERVE IN ANY WAY YOU LIKE

STAGE THREE -SERVE THE COOKED PUMPKIN ON A NICE BED OF LETTUCE READY TO DRINK WITH TEA

WELCOME TO THE AFRICAN MENU

Growing up I have always loved traditional African food . It seemed more interesting to me the way the food is prepared. The methods are so different from your ordinary conventional way of cooking.

In my culture we grow all traditional foods over the rain season because these foods grow naturally in the ground with out any interference ,your occasional, weeding and watering of these crops .

my family owns a big field where we grow all these traditional crops during the rain season.I must say it's quite interesting to watch the whole process of clearing the land getting a tractor to plough the land, planting seeds behind the tractor.

Growing up we used to plant a section of maize, a section of ground nuts, pumpkins, water melon's, more beans and sugar cane. The fun part for me was during the time of harvesting. Eating that rich food

In this blog i endeavour to share with you the different menus and recipes  of my people