How to Make Tasty Simmered Pumpkin

Simmered Pumpkin.

You can cook Simmered Pumpkin using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Simmered Pumpkin

1. Prepare of Pumpkin.
2. It's of Water *.
3. You need of Sugar *.
4. Prepare of Soy sauce *.
5. You need of Mirin * (If no Mirin, substitute 2 Tbsp White wine and 1 tsp Honey).
6. Prepare of Salt *.
7. Prepare of Small amount of Butter.

Simmered Pumpkin step by step

1. Scoop out the seeds and cut pumpkin to bite size..
2. Partially peel the skin. (leave some of the green skin for contrast).
3. Cut off the corners to prevent it from crumbling. This is called "mentori"..
4. Boil the * ingredients in a pan and put pumpkin in it. (skin side down).
5. Cook pumpkin with a lid until tender with medium heat..
6. Put butter and turn off the heat..