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Top 5 Pumpkin Recipes for Halloween

By Setsuko Yoshizuka, About.com

Kabocha, Japanese pumkin, 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

Kabocha CookiesPhoto (c) Setsuko Yoshizuka
This pumpkin cookies are soft and are slightly sweet. You can make various shaped cookies.

2. Kabocha Manju Recipe

Kabocha ManjuPhoto (c) Setsuko Yoshizuka
Kabocha manju is a Japanese steamed cake with kabocha pumpkin filling.

3. Kabocha Pumpkin Soup

Kabocha Pumpkin SoupPhoto (c) Setsuko Yoshizuka
Kabocha soup is often cooked in fall/winter. It keeps you warm. How about cooking hot soup on Halloween night.

4. Sweet Pumpkin Recipe

Sweet pumpkin is a simple pumpkin cake.

5. Pumpkin Salad Recipe

This pumpkin salad recipe uses onion and kabocha pumpkin.
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