How to eat sweet chestnut pumpkin

Sweet chestnut pumpkin is a variety of pumpkin, and it is a fine product. Although it is not particularly large, its nutritional benefits are very good. It has the aroma of chestnut and tastes relatively sweet. It has the effect of nourishing the body and can play a good role in improving the body's disease resistance. There are many ways to cook sweet chestnut pumpkin, such as sweet chestnut pumpkin soup, pumpkin steamed egg, or pumpkin pie, etc.

How to eat sweet chestnut pumpkin

1. Sweet chestnut pumpkin soup

Sweet chestnut pumpkin is especially delicious when used to make pumpkin soup. When making it, you need to cut the prepared sweet chestnut pumpkin into thin slices and steam it in a steamer. After that, take it out and use a spoon to mash it into a paste. Then put it in a small milk pot and add water. The ratio of pumpkin to water should be 2:1. Then add an appropriate amount of rock sugar, turn on the fire and bring to a boil. Stir constantly with chopsticks while cooking. Cook for about three minutes and the thick pumpkin soup in the pot is ready. Take it out and add an appropriate amount of cooked sesame seeds before eating.

2. Steamed Egg with Sweet Chestnut and Pumpkin

Steamed eggs with sweet chestnut pumpkin are also very delicious. You can wash the prepared sweet chestnut pumpkin, cut off a lid from the top, remove the seeds and pulp inside, and then steam it in a pot. Take it out after it is 80% cooked. I mix eggs, fresh milk and an appropriate amount of white sugar together to make egg liquid, and then put it directly into the pumpkin and steam it again. The homemade sweet chestnut pumpkin steamed eggs can be steamed in about ten minutes.

3. Sweet chestnut pumpkin pie

Sweet chestnut pumpkin cakes are also very delicious. When you want to make them, you can slice the sweet chestnut pumpkin and steam it in a pot. After steaming, take it out and mash it into a paste. Then add eggs and white sugar, and then add an appropriate amount of flour and cornstarch. Slowly knead it into a sticky dough. At this time, add some cornmeal to prevent it from sticking. Make them into small cakes, fry them in a pan, and then drain the oil and the sweet chestnut pumpkin cakes can be eaten. If you like bean paste, you can put some bean paste in the middle of the pumpkin pie when making it, which will make the pumpkin pie taste more tempting.