One of the oldest vegetables in Central America is considered to be the pumpkin. However, the real homeland of the pumpkin is Mexico. It was cultivated 5,000 years ago B.C. It
is likely that pumpkin was used earlier than corn. And the vegetable was multifunctional. The pumpkin was used to make utensils and the pulp was used for food.
Let’s make pumpkin at home, or rather bake tortillas
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Ingredients for pumpkin scones:
- Pumpkin – 500 g;
- Kefir – 170 ml;
- Eggs – 2 pcs;
- Salt – 1/3 tsp;
- Ground black pepper – a pinch;
- Basil – tsp;
- Italian herbs – tsp;
- Flour – 100 g;
- Leavening agent – 1 tsp;
- Cheese – 100 g;
- Pumpkin seeds – 2 tbsp.
Preparation of pumpkin scones:
Peel the pumpkin from the rind and remove the seeds, grate on large sharps grater. To the pumpkin mass break eggs, pour salt, ground black pepper, basil and Italian herbs.
Pour kefir to the pumpkin mass, mix the components thoroughly
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Combine flour and baking powder, sift into the pumpkin mixture.
Knead the pumpkin dough. Grate coarse grated cheese, pour it into the pumpkin dough and mix.
Grease a frying pan with vegetable oil, put the pumpkin dough on the surface and level it.
Fry the flatbread on a lower than medium heat until golden. Sprinkle the top with pumpkin seeds.
Oil a flat plate and use it to flip the flatbread over to the other side. Fry the other side of the flatbread for a couple of minutes.
As a result, we have a delicious, flavorful pumpkin flatbread. It tastes a bit like pizza thanks to the Italian herbs.
