Roast pumpkin with dukkha and pomegranate recipe

Ingredients for Roast pumpkin with dukkha and pomegranate

• 700 g pumpkin or butternut squash

• 60 ml olive oil

• 15 ml coriander seeds

• 15 ml cumin seeds

• 15 ml hemp seeds

• 30 ml pumpkin seeds

• 30 ml sunflower seeds

• 30 ml dried thyme

• 15 ml sea salt

• 15 ml nigella seeds

• 60 ml slivered pistachios

• 1 small pomegranate

How to make Roast pumpkin with dukkha and pomegranate

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C (fan 180°C) or Gas Mark 6.

2. Scoop out the seeds and fibres from the centre of the pumpkin or butternut squash. Slice the flesh into thin segments, each about 1 cm thick.

3. Lay the pieces out in a single layer on a baking tray. Drizzle over the olive oil and season with black pepper. Bake for 30 minutes, or until soft and translucent.

4. In a dry frying pan, mix the coriander and cumin. Toast over a low to moderate heat for a few minutes, until fragrant.

5. Add the hemp, pumpkin, and sunflower seeds to the frying pan. Continue toasting for about 5 minutes, stirring regularly, until all the seeds are golden.

6. Stir in the thyme and salt, then grind the mixture using a pestle and mortar, cracking the seeds roughly. Keep the mixture rough and knobbly.

7. Fold in the nigella seeds and pistachios.

8. Break open the pomegranate and remove the seeds.

9. When the pumpkin comes out of the oven, scatter over the pomegranate seeds and about half of the spice and seed mixture. Serve immediately.

10. Store the remaining spice and seed mixture in a jar until needed.

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