Lephutsi

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Lephutsi means pumpkin in Setswana , the main language in Botswana, this is a popular way to cook pumpkin in this country. It can be a sweet (when you add some sugar to it) or a side dish. 

Ingredients (For 5 people):

• Pumpkin. (600 grams).
• Salt.
• Water.
• 25 grams of butter.
• 1 tablespoon of sugar.
• Half a cinnamon stick.

Method:

1- Peel and cut pumpkin  in little pieces.

2- Put pumpkin in a casserole , add some water until the pumpkin is covered in half. Add the cinnamon stick cut in pieces, salt and sugar.

3- Cook at medium heat for half an hour, until pumpkin is slightly soften.

4- Add butter in a frying pan , heat it until the butter is melted, then add the pumpkin. Fry until you see the pumpkin has turned a little more brown, as you see in the picture.

 

I copied this recipe from Freedes, an african girl who owns the blog:  http://www.myburntorange.com/, In her blog you can see recipes from Africa . She was born in Botswana and traveled around many other african countries.

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