Brown Lentils - Trinidad Style - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pigs tail or 250 g chunked diced ham, if pigs tail not available
400 g pumpkin (I use butternut)
1 large onion, rough chopped
2 garlic, pegs crushed
500 ml vegetable stock or 500 ml chicken stock
1 -2 slice bacon, stock cubes
1 cup water
400 g brown lentils (OR x2 400ml can brown lentils for the quick version, drained)

Preparation

Put lentils in bowl & cover with water.
Leave to soak overnight.
Rinse & drain lentils.
Put all ingredients into a large saucepan.
Put on high heat & bring to the boil.
Reduce heat to low and simmer until lentils are cooked and pumpkin is soft & broken down.
Add water if needed--mixture should not dry out.
Serve as a side dish or eat just as they are.