Pumpkin & Pork Meatballs Soup

Delicious pumpkin and pork meatballs soup is Khmer country food. Khmer loves pumpkin for many reasons. Pumpkin not only taste great but rich with potassium, vitamin A and high beta-carotene. Pumpkin is an ancient vegetable that has been in Cambodia for thousands of years. In the ancient time, the villager’s medicine men took sun dried pumpkin and crushed in to medicine powder to treats headache, fever and other diseases. Today, the medical researchers has proven that pumpkin is indeed a natural medicine that can help fight cancer. Also prevent hardening arteries which main causes for stroke and heart attack, because pumpkin contains high beta-carotene.

Pumpkin and Pork Meatballs Soup

Recipe by Cambodia Recipe

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Delicious pumpkin and pork meatballs soup is Khmer country food. Khmer loves pumpkin for many reasons.

Course: SoupCuisine: CambodianDifficulty: Medium

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Servings

1

servings

Prep time

30

minutes

Cooking time

30

minutes

Calories

803

kcal

Total time

1

hour 

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb 1/2 (225 gram) of grounded pork

• 1 tablespoon 1 fish sauce

• 1/4 teaspoon 1/4 salt

• 1/2 tablespoon 1/2 sugar

• 1/4 teaspoon 1/4 black pepper

• 1 1 stalk green onion, minced

• 4 cups 4 water

• 2 lbs 2 (900 gram) of pumpkin, peeled, seeded and cut bite sizes cubes

Directions

• In a small bowl, mix grounded pork with fish sauce, salt, sugar, black pepper and green onion, makes small pork meatballs, when done set a side.
• Put water in a soup pot, cook till water bubbling.
• Drops pork meatballs in boiling water, cook till meat tender.
• Add pumpkin, cook till pumpkin tender.
• Seasoning with fish sauce, sugar and black pepper.
• Top with green onion.

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Notes

• Serve hot with rice.

Nutrition Facts

• Serving Size: 1g
• Calories: 803kcal
• Carbohydrates: 81g
• Protein: 51g
• Fat: 34g
• Saturated Fat: 13g
• Cholesterol: 151mg
• Sodium: 2207mg
• Fiber: 27g
• Sugar: 37g