Kabocha Squash Dumpling Soup

Name: Kabocha Squash Dumpling Soup
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 200 grams Kabocha squash; 4 to 6 teaspoons Katakuriko; 400 ml Dashi stock; 1 as much (to taste) Miso; 1 Daikon radish (quartered and thinly sliced); 1 Carrot (quartered and thinly sliced); 1 Burdock root (shaved); 1 Japanese leek (sliced into rounds or chopped finely); 1 Sesame oil or vegetable oil

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I ate this a lot when I was a child. It's a great way to have kabocha squash.

Adjust the amount of katakuriko depending on how watery the kabocha squash is. If you like a very thick texture, I recommend adding a lot of it. This is a very filling kenchin soup, so think of it as a side dish. For 2 servings. Recipe by Yo-tan

I ate this a lot when I was a child. It's a great way to have kabocha squash.

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I ate this a lot when I was a child. It's a great way to have kabocha squash.

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Ingredients

2 servings

200 gramsKabocha squash
4to 6 teaspoons Katakuriko
400 mlDashi stock
1as much (to taste) Miso
1Daikon radish (quartered and thinly sliced)
1Carrot (quartered and thinly sliced)
1Burdock root (shaved)
1Japanese leek (sliced into rounds or chopped finely)
1Sesame oil or vegetable oil

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Steps

1

Steam the kabocha squash (or microwave) until tender, and mash while still warm. Add the katakuriko and mix very well until it's completely incorporated. Wrap up with plastic film and let rest in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. Prepare the vegetables in the meantime.
2

Form the kabocha squash dough into dumplings.
3

Heat some oil in a pan, add the vegetables and stir fry. When the oil is evenly distributed, add the dashi stock and simmer until the vegetables are soft. Add the dumplings and simmer. When the dumplings float up to the surface, add the miso and taste to adjust the seasoning (add more miso if needed).
4

Ladle into serving bowls, garnish with some chopped leek and serve. (The soup is rather thick.)
5

Dessert version: Make a mitarashi sauce (soy sauce, sake and sugar combined at a 1:1:2 ratio). Boil the dumplings in hot water, and coat with the mitarashi sauce. You can also try the dumplings with molasses (brown sugar syrup) and/or kinako (roasted soy bean flour). Here I've served them with vanilla ice cream.