Tea with pumpkin

Name: Tea with pumpkin
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 1 cup milk; 2 glasses hot water; Tea spoon tea masala (optional); leaves Tea; Half pumpkin; 1 big red onion; 2 big blended tomatoes; 1 tablespoon tomato paste; Crushed ginger and garlic; Salt; Spices of your choice(optional); Cooking oil

Leyona Wangari @cook_12642102

Kahawa West, Nairobi

#theme challenge food presentation and photography

I love it , when I wake up every morning to have a proper and heavy breakfast esp after a heavy workout this ensures I start my day with a good start .

#theme challenge food presentation and photography

I love it , when I wake up every morning to have a proper and heavy breakfast esp after a heavy workout this ensures I start my day with a good start .

Leyona Wangari @cook_12642102

Kahawa West, Nairobi

#theme challenge food presentation and photography

I love it , when I wake up every morning to have a proper and heavy breakfast esp after a heavy workout this ensures I start my day with a good start .

#theme challenge food presentation and photography

I love it , when I wake up every morning to have a proper and heavy breakfast esp after a heavy workout this ensures I start my day with a good start .

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Ingredients

1 cupmilk
2 glasseshot water
Tea spoontea masala (optional)
leavesTea
Halfpumpkin
1big red onion
2big blended tomatoes
1 tablespoontomato paste
Crushed ginger and garlic
Salt
Spices of your choice(optional)
Cooking oil

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Steps

1

First, let start preparing the tea, take a sufuria,add the hot water plus the tea leaves and tea masala. Let it boil for a minute.
2

Then add your milk, let it boil until it is ready.Once it is ready, seive the tea from the tea leaves then put it in a thermo flask.
3

For the pumpkin, prepare all your ingredients, start with the pumpkin, peel it then put it in a bowl and let it boil for some few minutes don't overboil it.
4

In another pan, add cooking oil, let the oil heat up a bit then add your onions let it cook until they are a bit sweaty, then add your ginger and garlic.
5

Let it cook for a minute, add the blended tomatoes, stir abit then add tomato paste for spices, you can do mild spices such garam masala and salt, cover the pan and let every thing simmer for 3 minutes.
6

Add your boiled pumpkins but ensure you have cut them into cubes, mix everything together, let it cook for a minute. Don't let it overcook since it will look mashy.
7

Put the heat off, serve it in a bowl or a side plate.
8

For the photography, ensure where you have set the table there is natural light, after serving, place a table mat,set your food on top of the tablemat.
9

Start,taking your pictures you can take your pictures from different angles so that you can have a better and clear picture for either sharing or posting.