Healthy Creamy Kabocha (Pumpkin) Pasta - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    300 g spaghetti (dry)
    1 pinch salt
    100 -200 ml water
    200 ml milk
    250 g pumpkin (kabocha)
    oil
    100 g mushrooms (shimeji)
    50 g onions
    2 g dried basil leaves (parsley can be used)
    250 g sweet potatoes
    300 g spaghetti (dry)
    1 pinch salt
    100 -200 ml water
    200 ml soymilk or 200 ml milk
    oil
Preparation
    Peel kabocha (pumpkin) or sweet potatoes and cut into 1cm cubes.
    Microwave 4 to 5 min (I steamed).
    Puree the cooked kabocha, consumme, and milk in a blender/food processor.
    Cook spaghetti acording to package directions, in boiling water with a pinch of salt.
    Make the topping.
    Slice the onion vertically
    Remove bottoms of stems of shimeji and cut into 1-cm lengths.
    Heat oil in frying pan and saute the onion over low-medium heat, until it is wilted.
    Add shimeji mushrooms.
    Heat pureed kabocha mixture into pan.
    Add basil.
    Add water if necesssary.
    Salt to taste or (swweet n low).
    Turn off heat and place on mixed spaghetti.
    If desired, make a well in the center of each portion, and place some topping vegetables.
    If doing my variation, just heat pan and heat the pureed sweet potato mixture.

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