Anyone know of Australian recipe for frying up pumpkin slices?

Question

Someone visiting there was served what was described as fried pumpkin - are Australian pumpkins same as US pumkins? What is the recipe? Sounds intriguing!

Answer 1

Fried pumpkin meze



500 gr.(1 pound) pumpkin

1/3 cup all-purpose flour

salt and pepper to taste

olive or other oil for frying

Peel the pumpkin and discard the rind. Remove the seeds and either discard or wash and dry and save to make roasted pumpkin seeds.

Using a large sharp knife, curt the pumpkin into very thin pieces, either rectangular or triangular in shape. Place the pumpkin slices in layers in a colander, salting between each layer, and leave them to drain for one hour. Remove and pat dry.

Season the flour with salt and pepper. Dredge the pumpkin slices with the flour, shaking off any excess. Heat about one inch (3 cm) of oil in a large heavy skillet. Fry the pumpkin slices a few at a time, turning once in the skillet, until golden on both sides. Remove, drain for a minute or so on paper towels and serve, if desired, with skordalia.

Answer 2

cut it into slice like wedges or chips and deep or shallowfry it

or cut into chucks and bake it in the oven with your roast

Answer 3

Australian pumpkin is the same as US pumpkin, but in Oz, we eat it for dinner, not dessert. We tend to have it with roasts and gravy. Fried pumpkin is pretty much just pumpkin either deep fried, or lightly fried in oil or butter on each side, which is easier. Just put a little oil in a saucepan, and cook the sliced pumpkin for a few minutes on each side until crunchy. For deep fried pumpkin, just dunk it in hot oil!