Mombasa Pumpkin Dessert

A dessert from Kenya. You may want to add the sugar gradually and adjust to your taste. NOTE: A medium-sized (4-pound) sugar pumpkin should yield about 1 1/2 cups of mashed pumpkin.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1  medium  sugar pumpkin, seeded and cubed
• 2  cups white sugar
• 1  cup coconut milk
• 1  teaspoon ground cardamom

Directions

1. Steam the pumpkin pieces for 5 to 10 minutes.
2. Scoop flesh from skins.
3. In a medium saucepan, combine the pumpkin flesh and sugar.
4. Heat over medium-low temperature until sugar dissolves into the pumpkin. Add coconut and cardamom.
5. Stir often.
6. Cook until the mixture has thickened to thick pudding-like consistency.