Recipes
Shrimp-Stuffed Pumpkin
How about making a shrimp-stuffed pumpkin? It tastes incredible!
Ingredients
- •500g peeled and deveined shrimp
- •1 medium pumpkin
- •2 tablespoons olive oil
- •2 garlic cloves, chopped
- •1 medium onion, chopped
- •1 red bell pepper, chopped
- •1 can tomato purée
- •1 tomato, chopped
- •200ml coconut milk
- •1 tablespoon red palm oil (optional)
- •Salt to taste
- •Chopped parsley or cilantro, for garnish
- •Black pepper to taste
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- 2
Wash the pumpkin thoroughly, cut a lid from the top, and remove the seeds and stringy pulp.
- 3
Set aside.
- 4
In a large saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium heat and sauté the onion and garlic until golden.
- 5
Add the red bell pepper and chopped tomato and sauté for a few more minutes, until the vegetables are tender.
- 6
Add the shrimp and cook for approximately 3 minutes, until pink and cooked through.
- 7
Add the tomato purée, coconut milk, and red palm oil (if using) to the pan. Season with salt and black pepper to taste.
- 8
Stir everything together well and simmer over low heat for another 5 minutes.
- 9
Meanwhile, place the pumpkin in a baking dish and bake in the preheated oven for about 30 minutes, or until the flesh is tender when pierced with a fork.
- 10
Remove the pumpkin from the oven and carefully spoon the shrimp mixture into it.
- 11
Return the stuffed pumpkin to the oven for another 10 minutes.
- 12
Remove from the oven and garnish with chopped parsley or cilantro before serving.