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Pumpkin in Coconut Soup

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Pumpkin is a very versatile garden produce. It can be cooked in many ways. Baked, made into soup, add into cake and other dishes and many more. The sweet flavor and soft but solid texture really makes it loved by many people. There are some Malay desserts and kuehs which use pumpkin in it such as Pumpkin Sira, Pumpkin Lepat and Pumpkin Pengat. Sira is a dessert where fruits or other foods are cooked in the sugar syrup, with added Pandan leaves and sometimes cloves in it. Lepat is a dish made from the mixture of wheat flour and fruit paste and wrapped in banana leaf. And Pengat is a dish which the fruit is cooked in sweet coconut soup. In this entry I will share the recipe of Pumpkin Pengat, or Pumpkin in Coconut Soup. This dish is suitable to be served as dessert, during tea break and even dinner. This recipe is prepared with added glutinous rice, but the addition is optional. Ready in 1 hour For 6 servings Ingredients Half of a medium sized pumpkin. 500 ml c...