Baked Pumpkin with Sesame Dressing

Prep: 15min
| Servings: 4 | Cook: 30min
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Baked pumpkin with sesame dressing is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the cooking category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

  • 900 g pumpkin
  • 2 tbsp plant oil
  • salt, pepper from grinder
  • 3 tbsp sesame paste
  • 150 g natural yogurt (10%)
  • 1 pressed garlic clove
  • 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
  • a pinch ground cumin
  • 120 g arugula
  • 20 g flat parsley
  • 1 tbsp black sesame seeds

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Preheat oven to 180°C. Peel the pumpkin and cut into bite-sized pieces. Lightly oil a baking dish, place the pumpkin pieces in it, drizzle with remaining oil, and season with salt and pepper. Bake for about 30 minutes until tender.

  2. 2.

    For the dressing whisk the sesame paste with yogurt, garlic, lemon juice, and cumin into a smooth paste; season with salt and pepper.

  3. 3.

    Wash and dry arugula and parsley leaves, arrange on plates. Place pumpkin pieces on top, drizzle with sesame dressing, and sprinkle black sesame seeds over everything.