Components
Pumpkin, 1 ok. There are a lot of sorts of pumpkin, to organize it in syrup the widespread one is used, the one which has very massive fruit and is grayish inexperienced on the skin and with intense orange flesh.
Sugar, one kilo.
Quicklime, 1 cup. It’s accessible in {hardware} shops or homes the place building objects are offered. It’s a must to deal with it very rigorously as a result of it’s caustic and when blended with water it reaches a temperature of 90 levels. Use rubber gloves and glasses to guard your eyes.
Preparation
– Peel the pumpkin and lower it into cubes about 4 cm on a aspect.
– Combine the quicklime with 4 liters of water, stir with a picket spoon, with out touching the preparation.
– Place the pumpkin in a deep container and canopy it with the water and lime combination.
– Let the pumpkin soak in a single day.
– Take away and clear with loads of chilly water.
– Boil the pumpkin for 10 minutes.
– Put together a syrup with a kilo of sugar and a liter of water.
– Add the pumpkin to the syrup and cook dinner till tender.
Maintain the pumpkin lined with the syrup in sterilized jars.
