Thai Pumpkin with Egg
Stir-fried Thai pumpkin with egg is an easy, tasty dish which goes well with many things. It’s great eaten with rice or rice soup.
Ingredients
- 2 cups thai pumpkin, cut into bite-size pieces
- 2 tablespoons chopped garlic
- 8 small thai chilies, or 4 medium-sized thai chilies (optional, or to taste)
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- 2 teaspoons white soy sauce
- 1/2 cup water
Directions
- Cut off the outer skin and inner bits and seeds of the pumpkin. Cut the rest into bite-size pieces and set aside. Chop the garlic & chilies too.
- Heat your pan to medium-high with the oil, and fry the garlic until lightly browned and fragrant. Add the chilies and cook for about 10-20 seconds more.
- Add the pumpkin and water, and cover the pan with a lid. Cook for about 5 minutes until cooked through (can cut easily).
- When the pumpkin is finished cooking, remove the lid and let the remaining water dry up.
- When dry, add the sugar and stir. Make a little room to crack the egg, scramble it in the pan first, let it solidify, then coat the pumpkin. Add the soy sauce. Mix well.
Note:
Do not substitute Thai pumpkin with the jack-o-lantern/pumpkin pie variety. You can try Japanese pumpkin if you cannot get Thai.