Fried pumpkin in a frying pan

Pumpkin is a very healthy, versatile vegetable with which you can easily prepare a tasty and healthy dish, both in salty and sweet versions. For each occasion, you should choose your own pumpkin variety: a sweeter one for desserts and a more savory one for side dishes, appetizers and main courses.

How to quickly and deliciously fry pumpkin in a frying pan?

A simple recipe for cooking pumpkin slices in a frying pan. A minimal set of ingredients and ease of execution will allow even an inexperienced housewife to cope with the task. Spices will make the dish more vibrant in taste.

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   How to quickly and deliciously fry pumpkin in a frying pan? The vegetable is peeled from seeds, peel and fibers so that only the pulp remains.
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   Pumpkin is cut into thin slices. It is better that their thickness does not exceed 2-3 mm.
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   Place pumpkin slices in a deep bowl, sprinkle with salt and mix well. It is convenient to do this with your hands to distribute the salt more evenly.Leave the pumpkin for 20 minutes so that it releases its juice.
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   Dry the pumpkin slices with a paper towel, dip in flour on all sides and brown in a frying pan with butter. Usually, for a beautiful crust to appear, you need to fry the vegetable for 4-5 minutes on each side at medium heat.
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   Place the finished slices on a napkin to remove excess fat, sprinkle the vegetables with your favorite seasoning and serve with sour cream and garlic sauce.

Juicy pumpkin stewed in a frying pan

A recipe for those who prefer to cook vegetables with a more gentle method of heat treatment. When stewed, the product retains high taste properties and leaves more vitamins and nutrients inside.

Cooking time: 35 min.

Cooking time: 5 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Pumpkin – 400 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.
• Spices - to taste.
• Rice – 150 gr.
• Carrots – 2 pcs.
• Onions – 2 pcs.

Cooking process:

1. The pumpkin is peeled, seeds and fibers removed, washed and dried, after which the vegetable is cut into large cubes.

2. Peeled onions and carrots are cut arbitrarily into small pieces, or they can be grated if you want a more delicate consistency of the dish.

3. In a frying pan with oil, lightly fry the onions and carrots, and then add the pumpkin cubes. Cover the pan with vegetables with a lid and cook over low heat for about 10 minutes.

4. Rice is washed and poured into a frying pan with pumpkin, onions and carrots. The dish is salted and your favorite spices are added, mixed, poured with boiling water and simmered for another 20 minutes. The heat should be fairly low.

5. Serve the stewed pumpkin hot, garnished with chopped herbs, as a separate dish or as a side dish.

Sweet pumpkin pieces with sugar in a frying pan

A recipe for those who prefer pumpkin for dessert. Among the ingredients are apples, cinnamon, raisins and walnuts, which makes pumpkin prepared in this way a real royal dish.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Pumpkin – 500 gr.
• Butter – 50 gr.
• Apple – 3 pcs.
• Granulated sugar – 5 tbsp. l.
• Cinnamon – 1 pinch.
• Water – 100 ml
• Raisins – 50 gr.
• Walnut - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. The pumpkin should be peeled to the pulp by removing the peel and seeds. Cut the pumpkin pulp into small pieces and place in a bowl.

2. Peel the apples, remove the core and cut into pieces the size of the pumpkin.

3. Place a piece of butter in a deep frying pan, melt it and add slices of pumpkin and apple. Sprinkle half the sugar and cinnamon on top, pour in water. Everything is mixed, and the contents of the frying pan are kept on medium heat under the lid for 25 minutes so that the pumpkin becomes soft.

4. The raisins are washed and placed in a frying pan along with the remaining sugar, stirred and cooked until the liquid has completely evaporated. After this, you need to cook the dish a little more, stirring constantly so that the slices caramelize.

5. Serve the finished dish either hot or after cooling, garnished with chopped walnuts.

Step-by-step recipe for cooking pumpkin with onions in a frying pan

This dish is suitable as an independent product for lunch or dinner, and as a side dish for meat or fish. It is important to cut the vegetables not too finely so that they do not turn into porridge during the cooking process and maintain the integrity of the pieces.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Cooking time: 5 min.

Servings – 2.

Ingredients:

• Pumpkin – 200 gr.
• Potatoes – 400 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.
• Spices - to taste.
• Onions – 2 pcs.

Cooking process:

1. Vegetables - pumpkin and potatoes - are peeled, washed and cut into fairly large pieces of the same size.

2. Divide the onion into half rings.

3. In a deep frying pan with heated oil, fry potato slices, and after 10 minutes add pumpkin there. To keep the vegetables in shape, it is better not to cover the pan with a lid and stir occasionally.

4. After another 10 minutes, add onions to the vegetables and continue frying.

5. The dish should be salted and spices added only at the very end of cooking, otherwise the process of cooking vegetables may take longer than usual. The finished dish is decorated with herbs and served. Bon appetit!

Delicious pumpkin fried with garlic in a frying pan

Garlic makes dishes with pumpkin more piquant and aromatic. Crispy, fried pumpkin slices, generously flavored with garlic, are suitable both as an appetizer and as a side dish for meat dishes. Fresh herbs go well with garlic and can be used to decorate a pumpkin dish.

Cooking time: 45 min.

Cooking time: 5 min.

Servings – 2.

Ingredients:

• Pumpkin – 200 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.
• Wheat flour - to taste.
• Garlic - to taste.
• Dill – ½ bunch.
• Spices - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. The peeled pumpkin is cut into slices, the thickness of which should be about 0.5 cm.

2. Place the chopped vegetable in a deep bowl, sprinkle with salt and leave to release the juice.

3. After about half an hour, you can dry the pumpkin slices and dip them on all sides in flour.

4. Garlic and dill are finely chopped and seasoning is added to them.

5.The prepared slices are fried in hot oil until a beautiful golden color, and then placed in a bowl, where they are sprinkled with fresh garlic and dill with spices. The dish can be eaten either hot or served chilled as a snack.

How to cook pumpkin with meat in a frying pan?

A dish rich in taste that will appeal to supporters of a healthy diet and those who prefer hearty dishes: pork goes well with pumpkin, and hot peppers add piquancy to the roast.

Cooking time: 45 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Pork tenderloin – 500 gr.
• Vegetable oil – 3 tbsp. l.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Chili pepper – 1 pc.
• Garlic – 4 teeth.
• Tomato paste – 1 tbsp. l.
• Ground cumin – 2 tsp.
• Brown sugar – 1 tsp.
• Ground coriander – ½ tsp.
• Ground cinnamon – ½ tsp.
• Salt – ½ tsp.
• Tomatoes in their own juice – 1 can.
• Lightly salted chicken broth – 750 ml
• Pumpkin (pulp without peel and seeds) – 500 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Cut the pumpkin into cubes, the onion into half rings.

2. The pork is washed, dried and cut into slices the size of pumpkin pieces.

3. In a deep frying pan, fry finely chopped garlic and hot pepper in hot oil, then add the onion and sauté for several minutes.

4. Add meat to the fried vegetables and cook everything together for another 7-10 minutes, adding a little broth.

5. Pour pumpkin cubes into the frying pan with the meat, add spices, tomato paste, a little brown sugar and salt, tomatoes in their own juice and the remaining broth. Cook the stew, covered, over low heat for about 25 minutes.

6. Serve the stew in deep plates with the resulting gravy, sprinkling with hot pepper and herbs if desired. Enjoy!

A simple and delicious pumpkin recipe with sour cream

Pumpkin can be cooked in a gentle sauce, and then the taste of this vegetable will be revealed in a new way. The aroma of pumpkin is well complemented by sour cream and garlic sauce with herbs. It is easy to prepare and surprise your loved ones with an original and healthy dish.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 2.

Ingredients:

• Pumpkin – 500 gr.
• Sour cream – 200 gr.
• Garlic – 3 teeth.
• Greens – 1 bunch.
• Ground paprika - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking process:

1. In a deep bowl, mix sour cream (it is better to use thicker for greater benefits and taste) with a small amount of salt, pepper, paprika, chopped garlic and herbs. Mix the sauce thoroughly and let it brew.

2. Peeled and seeded pumpkin is cut into cubes or thin slices.

3. In a deep frying pan with heated oil, fry the pumpkin pieces until they are covered with an even golden crust.

4. Pour sour cream and garlic sauce over the fried vegetable slices, stir and cook for a few minutes, then add 30 ml of water, adjust to taste with salt and pepper and keep covered over medium heat for another 3 minutes.

5. The finished dish is served with chopped herbs and black bread.

Sweet pumpkin with honey for dessert

An original appetizer of pumpkin with honey, garlic and rosemary. Caramelized pumpkin is tender, aromatic and has a bright taste. This dish is suitable even for a festive table or a friendly party.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Pumpkin – 600 gr.
• Butter – 35 gr.
• Honey – 1 tbsp. l.
• Fresh rosemary – 1 sprig.
• Garlic – 1 tooth.
• Salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

1.Wash the pumpkin, remove the core, but do not remove the peel. Cut into slices.

2. Melt the butter in a non-stick frying pan and add coarsely chopped garlic and rosemary.

3. Fry the pumpkin slices in aromatic oil on all sides, spending about 6 minutes on each side.

4. Add honey to the pan and continue cooking, turning the pieces so that the honey envelops them on all sides. It is important not to overheat the pan so as not to burn the honey. Lightly salt the pumpkin slices.

5. You can serve pumpkin in this form with sour cream sauce, in which finely chopped garlic and cilantro are added.