Salads & starters

Cooked squash (dinawa)

Tender squash, steamed until melting, then flavored with butter and sugar. Served as a side dish in Lesotho, especially with maize porridge, it is sweet, soft and comforting.

45 min
4 servings
Medium
Budget-friendly
🇱🇸 Lesotho

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Ingredients

Spices & seasoning

Ground cinnamon

Optional extras

50 ml Milk

On the side

300 g Maize porridge (motoho)

Nutrition facts

170 kcal per serving

Protein: 2.6 g
Carbohydrates: 15.3 g
of which sugars: 10 g
Fat: 10.6 g
of which saturated fat: 7.1 g
Fiber: 1.3 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

Peel the squash, remove the seeds and stringy bits, then cut it into pieces about 3 cm.
Place the pieces in a saucepan with the water and salt, cover and cook over medium heat for 15 minutes.
Check that a fork pierces the pieces easily; add a little water if the bottom dries out.
Add the butter and brown sugar, then roughly mash the squash with a wooden spoon, without making it a smooth purée.
Let it simmer uncovered for another 5 minutes so the liquid evaporates and the butter coats the pieces well.
Serve hot, optionally sprinkled with cinnamon.