Pumpkin Ah Ma's style

Ingrediants

1/2 pumpkin

5-6 dried chillis

2 Tbsp dried shrimp ("har mai")

1/2 Cup cooking oil (depending on how much pumpkin)

2 tsp salt &/ pepper

1 Tbsp garlic minced

Preparation

Peel the skin of pumpkin with fruit peeler. Cut pumpkin into desired cubes.

Soak dry chillies in hot water to soften them & then cut into 3. Soak & drain the dried shrimp before chopping them finely.

Method

Heat the cooking oil in wok/frying pan. Fry the cubed pumpkin until half cooked (the colour will change). Set aside & wash the excess oil with water (just pour water over the siever that's holding the fried pumpkin - do not soak in water!). Empty wok/frying pan of used cooking oil.

Add 2-3 Tbsp cooking oil, fry minced garlic, chopped "har mai", and dried chilli. Add the salt (to your desired taste). Fry until fragrant and then only add the pre-fried pumpkin. Stir fry until your desired texture (some like it soft & mushy, some like it with a bit of a bite to it).