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Moroccan Pumpkin Stew with Honey
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Moroccan Pumpkin Stew with Honey

A traditional Moroccan pumpkin stew with honey and spices – a sweet and spiced dish served for Shabbat and holidays.

⏱ 45 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts
⚖ Pareve🥬 Vegetarian🌾 Gluten-free
Versions:Original🌱 Vegan

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Fried onion

  1. 1
    Heat the olive oil in a wide pot over medium heat.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveWide, shallow pot
  2. 2
    Add the onion and fry for 5 minutes, stirring, until the onion is soft and deep golden.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
    💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.

To assemble

  1. 3
    Add the cumin, turmeric, ginger, cinnamon and salt and stir.
  2. 4
    Add the squash and water and bring to a boil.
    Stove
  3. 5
    Turn down the heat, cover and simmer 15 minutes.
    ⚙ SimmeringStoveLid
    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
  4. 6
    Remove the lid, add the honey and cook another 10 minutes, until the sauce thickens.
    Stove
  5. 7
    Serve the stew as a side for couscous.
189calories
3 gprotein
32 gcarbs
7 gfat
● protein 6%● carbs 63%● fat 31%

Per serving (334 g), of 4 servings

For the Fried onion · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (3) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Lid · Also works: Aluminum foil (tight aluminum foil) · Plate (an upside-down plate)
  • Wide, shallow pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (Layers instead of a single layer)

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🧩 Built from…

Fried onion → Vegetable stew

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