Braised pumpkin with chicken soup

Today I was browsing the net and got this wonderful recipe. Although the original recipe has asked for crab meat, I have replaced the crab meat with chicken and modified the recipe a bit to my Bengali pallet. The end product is a hit and even my neighbour has appreciated it. So, I thought,' let me share it with you'.

Ingredients

• Pumpkin - 250 gms ( cooked and pureed with skin off)
• Pumpkin - 100 gms ( thinly sliced)
• Chicken stock - 1 cup
• Chicken 100 gms( boiled and shredded)
• Chicken powder-1 cube ( I tried Maggi chicken cube)
• Corn Flour - 1/2 tsp (to glaze)
• Salt and Turmeric ( a pinch each)
• Spring onion- Julienned, to garnish

Cook 3/4th portion of your pumpkin in a microwave and puree it in a blender with little salt.

Add olive oil in a pan and heat it through.

Now add remaining pumpkin pieces and fry it a little.

Add chicken stock and pureed pumpkin and mix well. You may add a little turmeric here to get a rich color.

Add shredded chicken and cook it covered for a while till the pumpkin pieces are done.

Add 1 crushed chicken cube and the corn flour dissolved in a little water and mix it well. Finally, garnish the soup with the spring onion juliennes and serve.