Muraba-E-Kadu (Pumpkin Jam)
A weekend Afghanistan dinner. Ready in about 8 hours. Difficulty: more effort.
- 2 hr 50 minPrep (about)
- 5 hr 10 minCook (about)
- 8 hrTotal time
- 4Servings
- More effortDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
- 2.8 lb pumpkin
- 2.8 lb orange
- 2.1 lb sugar
Spices & seasonings (1): cardamom
- 2 ⅔ oz cardamom
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Remove the skin of the pumpkin.
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Also remove the inner seeds, 2.
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Cut the flesh into ¾ inch cubes, 3.
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Take your zest off your oranges, with as little pith as possible.
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Cut into matchstick-sized strips, 4.
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Extract the juice from the oranges.
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Remove your seeds from the cardamom pods and reserve.
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Place the whole cardamom pod seeds, sugar, orange strips, orange juice and pumpkin in a large pan.
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Mix well.
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Leave to marinate for around 10 hours or overnight.
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Stir every so often, 6.
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Bring the mixture to the boil.
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Turn the heat down.
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Simmer till the liquid has thickened and become syrupy.
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This can take around an hour or a little bit longer.
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Leave.
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Do it to cool.
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Place in clean, dry jars.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.