Armenia
Ghapama
A whole pumpkin stuffed with rice, dried fruit, nuts and honey. It even has its own song.
150 minTime
7 gProtein each
mildSpice
Make it your way
Grandma's wayWhole pumpkin, rice, dried fruit, honey and butter.
The original392kcalsame
7 gproteinsame
4 gfibresame
150minutessame
Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.
Ingredients
Method
5 steps- 1Cut a lid off the pumpkin and scrape out the seeds and strings.
- 2Mix the par boiled rice, fruit, nuts, honey, half the butter, sugar, cinnamon and salt.
- 3Brush the inside of the pumpkin with butter, fill with the rice mixture, pour over the remaining butter and replace the lid.
- 4Bake at 180°C until a knife slides easily into the side of the pumpkin.
- 5Bring to the table whole, then cut into wedges with the stuffing.
Serve it like this
Bring the whole pumpkin to the table, then slice into wedges with a heap of jewelled rice on each plate. Drizzle a little extra honey.