Simmered Kabocha

simmered Japanese squash (pumpkin)

Added chikuwa

Ingredients

• Kabocha

• Dashi soup (Mentsuyu or dashi powder, mirin, sake, soy sauce)

Directions

1. Remove the seeds and cut kabocha into a bite size

2. *Mentori, if desired

3. Heat up the pan and sautee kabocha briefly

4. Add dashi soup and simmer on low heat with a cover on

Note

• Mentori = Smooth the edge before cooking. If the pieces have sharp edge then they are likely to break into pieces during the cooking process (from bumping into each other). https://www.justonecookbook.com/mentori/

• Cooking too long will collapse the shape