Take the other day. My brother cut open a kabocha (pumpkin) and scooped out the seeds.
I then washed and cleaned the seeds from all the fibers and set it out to dry a little.
Then I drizzled some oil and sprinkled some salt.
Thinking I could roast these, I put them into a 425F(200C)...well, about 10 minutes into the roasting, we could hear this "pop" "pop" sound...
I looked and the seeds were popping like popcorn.
I guess the heat was too high, the seeds themselves weren't too plump either.
Definitely made for slim pickings when you actually got the shells off...sigh
5 comments:
Never heard of pumpkin seeds popping so I guess there's always a first for everything. Who would've thought?!
My mother-in-law usually roasts the pumpkin seeds without oil. That might have been the cause of the popping along with high temperature. Not sure what temperature she uses, I think its lower though.
it would happen in MY kitchen, Rowena :)
yeah, l2ee2l, I heard afterwards that it should've been a lower temp :p
Take care you two.
Kat
Oh no, I'm sorry these didn't turn out well!
it was actually quite funny seeing them pop, K!
Take care.
Kat
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