Sweet Soy Pumpkin - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb pumpkin or butternut squash chunks
1 1/2 cups dashi (or fish stock)
2 tbsp mirin
1 1/2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp Japanese soy sauce

Preparation

Place pumpkin, dashi, mirin and sugar in medium saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer, covered, for 5 mins, turning after 2 mins.
Add soy sauce; cook for 8 mins, or until pumpkin is tender, turning pieces halfway through. Remove from heat; let stand for 5 mins.
Serve hot or at room temperature drizzled with cooking liquid.