Comments on: Can You Eat Pumpkin Leaves?

By: justine

justine — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:34:27 +0000

Hello,
You can do a million things with pumpkin leaves. Peel off the hairy tops in a way I cannot fully explain in writing. Like break a little bit tip of the stem outward then peel it down towards the leaves, peel the inside of the leaves also to remove the hairy part which comes out so easily.

Wash them and cut them across the way you would do to kales.
Boil water to bubbling and throw in a little salt, depends on quantity, boil while you stir for aound five minutes on high heat and remove. Drain off the water, which you could drink!
Fry onion and tomato then put in the boiled veges. You may add aromat or just leave it natural. Eat with rice, mashed potatoes,meal made out of maize flour, mashed bananas, chapatti etc. You may want to mix with your already separately cooked meat,chicken,fish, peanut stew!

I said can be used in a million ways!

By: Mossi

Mossi — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 01:21:21 +0000

I remember my maid in India use to roast the leaves and stems and then peel of the strings and make a chutney with chilly,garlic and tomatoe and salt, it was delicious.

By: Dharma

Dharma — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:40:30 +0000

Thanks for sharing. I’ve got some pumpkin vines growing that don’t fruit – now I know what to do with them!

By: Sarah Lwokyaza

Sarah Lwokyaza — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:10:52 +0000

I come from Uganda where tender pumpkin leaves are eaten almost every day in most homes. I appreciate all the above recipes except that in Uganda we believe on boiling the water or mixture of water and spices then we put the pumpkin leaves, pumpkin flowers and the tender pumpkins then else the leaves wont be very soft. Try it with boiling liquid, you will notice the difference in softness. some people add milk too.

Nature is God’s free given pharmacy, enjoy the health benefits of pumpkin leaves

By: Ashura

Ashura — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:36:48 +0000

Hi, I wondered why some people do not believe that ;pumpkin leaves are good food like other vegetables

In Tanzania ,most of people eat a cooked pumpkin leaves, DO YOU KNOW HOW WE COOK IT? SEE

Take the leaves, wash them twice or even thrice because others contain a lot of sand one can feel uncomfortable when eating, Cut them by using cutting board or whatever you like,Use the following spices ;;Onion,carrots,and other spices of your choice.put sunflower oil ,then put onion,carrots and other spices leave for 1 minutes,then put the leaves for 3/4 minutes ,then take out the water which are from the cooked leaves and continue to cook for few seconds NB:do not cooked them for the long time because they will lose its greenish and lose its value like vitamins, proteins and others. Those who are from coast areas like Tanga, Zanzibar and other areas in Tanzania we are cooking them by using coconut- What a nice food for us with a a good smell of coconut. We are Enjoying.

By: doug

doug — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:33:40 +0000

i’m am grower and importer in the UK,I have some now but the season is nearing the end.let me know if you need some.

By: Nelle

Nelle — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 23:55:37 +0000

As a young teenager growing up my dad would steam the young leaves with coconut milk and I still continue cooking it seeing it is delicious. Another leaves he uses to used is the lady finger known in our country as Okra. I am from St Vincent and the Grenadines.

By: Esther

Esther — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 22:49:25 +0000

I saw pumpkin leaves in the produce section at a Korean market today, which leads me to your website. Thanks! Now I know what to do with this new vegetable.

By: lain

lain — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:49:22 +0000

my aunt makes jelly out of the blooms when they are at their brightest color. and it is delicious

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 12 May 2012 14:20:11 +0000

I’ve just today tried cooking Pumpkin tops – as we were brought up to call them – My Mom never told me how to cook them so I just guessed. Well! I guessed wrong! I chopped everything up together and boiled with a chopped up potato , onion and garlick and salt and pepper. When all the water had boiled away I added a bit of cream. It was awfully stringy!!!! I know now that I should have stringed the stem part first – it doesn’t pay to take a short cut! (Never to worry I liquidised it!) It did taste good though and I’ve frozen little tubs for future use – My Husband did NOT like it at all – he wasn’t brought up to eat local traditional food. (We live in South Africa!)Some interesting recipes and ideas – thanks to everyone!