Vegetables · Fresh
Kabocha squash
Also called kabocha, Japanese pumpkin, danhobak, kent pumpkin
Squat green Japanese pumpkin with dense, dry, chestnut-sweet orange flesh; simmered in dashi and soy, fried as tempura, steamed or made into Korean pumpkin porridge.
- A kind of Squash
What can replace it
- T1 · Great swapRed kuri squash
- T2 · GoodButternut squash
Wetter and less chestnutty; softer when cooked.
- T2 · GoodJapanese sweet potatoes
Not squash-flavoured, but similarly dense, dry and sweet.
- T3 · In a pinchPumpkin
Watery and stringier, and much less sweet.
Cook with Kabocha squash
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