5 Recipes for Healthy Pumpkin Snacks. Easy and Practical

Kapanlagi.com - Chayote squash is one type of squash plant that can be eaten as a fruit and also its young shoots. Chayote squash is usually used as a side dish for rice by stir-frying or making coconut milk soup. But besides being a side dish for rice, it turns out that chayote squash can also be processed into a healthy snack.

Having a watery texture and no taste makes chayote squash liked by various groups, including children. Curious about the recipes for chayote squash snacks?

Reported from various sources, here are 5 recipes for healthy chayote squash snacks that you can create at home. Let's check them out.

1. Pumpkin Mud Cake

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The first recipe for processed chayote is to make a sweet snack called pumpkin mud cake. In addition to being easy to make, this chayote mud cake will also make the texture of the cake softer and delicious to enjoy. Let's check out how to make it.

Ingredients needed:

220 grams of chayote

125 grams of flour

1 egg

200 ml of UHT milk

90 grams of granulated sugar

1-2 tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk

60 grams of melted margarine

vanilla powder

pandan paste

additional for topping:

raisins

How to make it:

- First blend the chayote, milk, and sugar until smooth. Set aside.

- Then beat the egg in a bowl and add the blended chayote and vanilla.

- After that, add the flour and stir well with a whisk.

- Add pandan paste and melted margarine. Stir again.

- Heat the mini martabak pan, then spread margarine and add 1 tablespoon of the batter and cook until the cake is cooked.

- When half-cooked, add raisins on top of the batter. Then cover the pan while cooking and wait until cooked.

- Finished, the pumpkin mud cake is ready to be served.

2. Pumpkin Fritters

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The second recipe for pumpkin is to make fried fritters. And this pumpkin recipe is perfect for those of you who want to eat fried food during rainy days. Let's check out the recipe.

Ingredients needed:

1 pumpkin

1 carrot

1 stalk of spring onion

1 clove of garlic

1 teaspoon of salt

250 grams of wheat flour

2 tablespoons of rice flour

1/2 teaspoon of coriander powder

1/2 teaspoon of pepper powder

1/2 teaspoon of beef broth powder

Boiling water

Frying oil

How to make it:

- First, wash the carrot, pumpkin, and spring onion thoroughly. Then, cut these ingredients according to your preference, the finer the better.

- Then, add all the ingredients such as carrot, pumpkin, spring onion, garlic, salt, pepper, coriander, and broth powder.

- Add wheat flour and rice flour, add a little water at a time, stir until the consistency is right.

- Prepare a frying pan and heat the frying oil. Take 1 tablespoon of the mixture, then fry the fritters until cooked and crispy. Then, remove and drain.

- Finished, pumpkin fritters are ready to be served.

3. Siomay Labu Siam

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Turns out pumpkin can be made into siomay, KLovers. In addition to its easy preparation, this recipe for siam pumpkin will also make the siomay soft. Let's see how to make it.

Ingredients needed:

100 grams of arrowroot flour

100 grams of siam pumpkin

50 ml of water

100 grams of shrimp

25 pieces of wonton skins

2 cloves of garlic

1/2 tablespoon of flavor enhancer

1 teaspoon of salt

1 teaspoon of pepper

carrots as needed

1 egg

3 tablespoons of cooking oil

How to make it:

- First, wash the siam pumpkin and grate or blend until smooth.

- Then, mix the grated siam pumpkin with salt, flavor enhancer, pepper, shrimp, water, and arrowroot flour. Stir until well combined.

- After it is well combined, add 3 tablespoons of cooking oil and the egg one by one.

- Prepare a small mold, place the wonton skins in the mold. Then, put the siomay mixture on top of the wonton skins.

- Then, top with grated carrots, just a little. And steam for 20 minutes.

- Once cooked, remove from heat and let it cool. Siomay Labu Siam is ready to be served.

4. Cireng Labu Siam

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The next recipe for pumpkin is to make cireng. And this recipe is perfect for those of you who want to make practical food. Let's check out how to make it.

Ingredients needed:

200 grams of tapioca

2 stalks of green onions

150 grams of pumpkin

Water

Ground spices:

2 cloves of garlic

How to make it:

- First, finely chop the pumpkin, then wash it until clean. Then pour hot water over the pumpkin to wilt it.

- Then put the tapioca flour in a bowl, add salt, ground spices, powdered pepper, powdered broth, and water. Then mix well.

- Then add the pumpkin and stir again until the ingredients are well mixed.

- Heat a pan, then take one spoonful of the mixture and fry until crispy. Then drain.

- Cireng labu siam is ready to be served.

5. Risol Labu Siam

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And the last recipe for pumpkin rissole is pumpkin rissole. This processed recipe is quite easy and practical to make. Let's check it out.

Ingredients needed:

Rissole Skin:

150 grams of wheat flour

1.5 tablespoons of tapioca flour

1 egg

1/4 teaspoon of ground pepper

1/4 teaspoon of salt

300 ml of water

Ground spices

4 cloves of shallots

4 cloves of garlic

1/4 teaspoon of ground pepper

1/2 teaspoon of salt

Filling Ingredients:

500 grams of pumpkin

How to make it:

- First, finely slice the pumpkin and sprinkle it with salt. Then squeeze the pumpkin until it becomes limp. Rinse thoroughly and drain.

- Then sauté 3/4 of the ground spices until fragrant, then add the pumpkin. Don't forget to add salt, pepper, and sauté until cooked.

- Make the rissole skin by combining wheat flour, tapioca flour, egg, 1/4 of the ground spices, 1/4 teaspoon of ground pepper, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, and water.

- Stir well and make sure there are no lumps in the mixture.

- Use low heat, heat a small frying pan that has been thinly coated with vegetable oil. Once hot, pour 6-8 tablespoons of rissole skin batter.

- Take the cooled rissole skin, place 1.5 tablespoons of sautéed pumpkin filling, then roll it up.

- Heat the cooking oil and fry the rissole until golden brown. When it's cooked, lift and drain.

- Finished risol labu siam is ready to be served.

Those are 5 delicious and practical recipes for labu siam that can be made into a healthy snack. The above method is very easy to do at home. Good luck.

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