Kabocha, Japanese pumpkin, is popularly used in Japanese cooking. Kabocha pumpkin have some sweetness. The skin is really hard, so cook lightly in microwave before slicing a kabocha. Please be careful when cutting it. Enjoy cooking Japanese pumpkin dishes in Halloween.
1. Kabocha Pumpkin Cookie Recipe
Photo (c) Setsuko Yoshizuka
This pumpkin cookies are soft and are slightly sweet. You can make various shaped cookies.
2. Kabocha Manju Recipe
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Kabocha manju is a Japanese steamed cake with kabocha pumpkin filling.
3. Kabocha Pumpkin Soup
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Kabocha soup is often cooked in fall/winter. It keeps you warm. How about cooking hot soup on Halloween night.
4. Simmered Sweet Kabocha Recipe
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Kabocha is simmered with sugar. It's the most popular kabocha dish in Japan.
5. Pumpkin Salad Recipe
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This pumpkin salad recipe uses onion and kabocha pumpkin.
