Baked Pumpkin and Potato Mash
Baked Pumpkin and Potato Mash is a comforting and wholesome dish made with a blend of roasted pumpkin and mashed potatoes, seasoned with herbs and baked until golden. It's creamy, flavorful, and perfect as a healthy side or a light main course, ideal for cozy dinners or festive meals.
Ingredients
For Potato Mash
- Potato (large) – 2 nos
- Jeera roasted (cumin roasted) – 1 tsp
- Salt (sendha) – to taste
- Milk – ¼ cup
- Butter – 1 tbl spn
- Cheese grated (optional) – 3 table spun
For Pumpkin Mash
- Pumpkin diced – 2 cups
- Salt (sendha) – to taste
- Saunf (fennel seeds) – 2 tsp
- Butter – 1 tbl spn
- Cheese grated (optional) – 2 tbl spn
Instructions
- Peel and cut the potatoes into two. Boil potato with some salt. Once boiled immediately strain them and immediately transfer to a deep pan.
- Using the potato masher mash up the potatoes while they are still very hot. Now add butter and milk to it and mix well.
- Heat a pan and add the mashed potato and season with salt and roasted jeera. Toss till the mash come together. Remove to a bowl and add grated cheese.
- For the pumpkin mash melt butter and add saunf. Sauté for few seconds and add the diced pumpkin and sauté. Add salt and cook till pumpkin goes soft. Remove into a bowl and mash with it up with a fork.
- Mix grated cheese with pumpkin. Place this in a baking dish and spread it on the bottom. Keep at least ½ inch thick. Now cover the pumpkin mash with potato mash till it completely covers it.
- Place this dish in a pre-heated oven at 160c for 10 mins. Serve hot.
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