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Stuffed pumpkin flowers, steamed

Stuffed pumpkin flowers, steamed

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Stuffed pumpkin blossoms filled with ground pork and fish, steamed, arranged on watercress, and served with a spicy soy sauce.

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Recipe from Iosraia, AmieKim (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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These Vietnamese pumpkin flowers are filled with pork and fish, then steamed. They are typically served with a spicy soy sauce.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time10 min
  • Total40 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodsteam
  • Estimated cost$2.17 $0.54 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $1.65
  • $0.16
  • $0.15
  • $0.04
  • $0.10
  • $0.07

Prices from US supermarkets for 3 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Season the ground pork with salt, pepper, sugar, and asafoetida. ≈ 2 min
  2. Mix the fish flesh with the chopped onions, salt, pepper, and sugar until it becomes elastic. ≈ 3 min
  3. Combine the meat and fish, form small balls about the size of a bite, and place one ball in each flower. ≈ 10 min
  4. Bring the water to a boil and steam the stuffed flowers over the boiling water. Arrange on a plate, perhaps on a bed of watercress.

The bill

Stuffed pumpkin flowers, steamed

  • 100 g of pig’s back, washed, drained, and finely chopped$1.65
  • 1 Finely chopped Allium ascalonicum$0.16
  • the white of a few new onions$0.15
  • salt$0.04
  • pepper$0.10
  • sugar$0.07

Total$2.17

that's $0.54 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 12 medium-sized pumpkin flowers, with pistils removed, lightly peeled, washed, and drained.
  • 100 g of pig’s back, washed, drained, and finely chopped
  • 100 g of swordfish (thát lát)
  • 1 Finely chopped Allium ascalonicum
  • the white of a few new onions
  • salt
  • pepper
  • sugar
  • Spicy soy sauce, for serving

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