Traditional Indigenous Recipes
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Roasted, spicy seeds inside a turtle shell
These seeds can be used in a variety of ways, from sprinkled on salads, added to breads, or eaten alone as a snack.
Sweet Version Ingredients:
1 c pumpkin seeds1 t sugar
Dash (1/4 t) sea salt
Spicy Version Ingredients:
1 c pumpkin seeds
*3-4 cloves fresh garlic
1 T dried red chile peppers, crushed
Dash salt
*juice of ½ lime
Add seeds to a heated frying pan
Stir seeds continually until they swell.
Add other ingredients and stir.
For spicy version, squeeze lime juice on seeds after they are placed in serving bowl
*Old World Ingredient
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