Kabocha Squash | Japanese Pumpkin 101 

Hello my friends! If you've never tried Kabocha Squash it's time to give a go!! I cover all the basics in this video so you are 100% ready to make one at home. Enjoy!

My mom grows these every year. I love them roasted in wedges too. A sweet variety is in a dessert soup. It is a soup base of coconut milk with mang beans, tapioca, and the kabocha squash. It tastes amazing hot or cold.

We grow a huge organic garden as a hobby & gives the produce away. Kabocha squash & Butternut squash seems to be everyone's favorite. The Kabocha squash is a really good keeper thru out the winter. Thank you for letting people know how good this is!

Prep - I soaked it in the hot water for 10 - 15 minutes, make it very easy to cut.

I really appreciate this! I just took a risk and bought some kobocha but I haven't tried cooking it yet. Grew up eating sweet potatoes. Squashes are new to me. This makes me feel braver about preparing it.

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Cooked it for the first time. Sprinkled with fresh ground cumin and smoked cardamom. After roasting, butter, salt and pepper, then filled with a nice mix of veg/quinoa, prepared earlier. What a nice find!

my favourite vegetable ever!!!! I cook the whole squash in my steam pan, when it's already soft I run some cold water over it. Then, I cut into smaller pieces, add seasoning and return it to the steam pan just to get everything together.

I love kabocha squash its so tasty! The skin of the kabocha squash we have here in Singapore is a really bright and beautiful green, almost like the colour of kale, not like the ones you had in the video:D Thanks for another great video, definitely gonna try the roasted squash recipe!

I'm growing this. Got seeds of a variety called 'Sunshine'. Some of them almost look ready to harvest. Love the color of these. Can't wait to cook following your method!

We experimented with growing Kabocha Squash in our garden this year. It is now my and my family's favorite squash. We devour it.

this is the squash we normally eat in my region of Italy!! I tipically use it for soups or roast it in the oven, no spices no nothing and it's mindblowing!!

I used your favorite method (cut into wedges like a melon), but used maple syrup, cinnamon and thyme as well. Love it!

Thank you so much! I need to puree this in order to make a kabocha squash cheesecake for Thanksgiving! Your video was really well done, easy to understand and follow and now I know I can cook this! :)

My grandma used to make me a Japanese Kabocha dish called Kabocha No Nimono and has been one of my favorite side dishes! Can’t wait to try the curry roast recipe!

Fabulous. Your instructions are clear and concise. Thank you.

I love these 101 videos & I come back to them every time I'm cooking the listed food.

I just found your channel and I’m really happy I did! You have an incredible personality and are very great at explaining things! Thank you for this!

I'm obsessed with this squash. Literally life changing.

I've just split my squash in half and dug out the seeds. I am going to bake it for 30 minutes in a 400* oven (thanks for the info) then I am going to put the whole thing in my VitaMix and make soup. I think I will season with curry, garlic, salt, pepper, turmeric and maybe a bit of cinnamon and fresh nut meg.

Kabocha is one of the only types of squash I hadn't tried yet but this video gave me the motivation to finally do it! And omg, it is so good! I think it might be by new favorite squash 😃

Best video on Kabocha squash. Thank you for uploading.

This is my favorite squash! I think it is the most delicious of them all. Could you show us a recipe with this squash? Please!!! I normally just pop it in the oven and eat it just like that as a side, but would LOVE to see it done a different way be a soup or any other dish.

Thank you so much for these videos. I've realized I need to eat more healthily and I'm watching all these 101 videos now, they are so helpful. I actually live in Vietnam, and they sell these on the market near my house, now I'll feel more confident buying them

I tried this squash on a whim at the farmer's market 2 years ago and I have been HOOKED ever since. That flavor example is spot on. I am amazed how you really don't need sugar with it or very little. I have put it in muffins and man oh man is it good. Pancakes...super and alone with sliced bananas for breakfast taste great and filling.

Kabocha squash is so delicious. It is a fall favorite for me. I purchase several to make a large fall centerpiece for my dining room table.

Hi, thanks for taking the time to share the wonderful video, I did not know it was a winter squash because I am growing them in the summer in intense Texas heat for the first time and they are doing very well, it's my favorite. I will attempt to grow them year around. I love this squash there is always at least one squash in my kitchen and yes they are sweet like a sweet potato.

All your 101 videos are a BIG help! Thx! :D

Here in Hawaii we love this squash! I discovered it when eating tempura and that's still my fave way to have it!!

I like that you include your bloopers

Love kabocha squash. Very good and healthy for kids as well.

Thanks Sweet Lady for I'm growing a large quantity of Kobachas. Your tips are wonderful & now thanks to you I eagerly await my turn to enjoy.They also taste great in soups with peanut butter & coconut milk etc.

I love this in my Thai curry, basically makes a pumpkin curry! :)

My first thought was to cube it up really small and put it in sushi. It would be great in a spicy tuna roll format. It would also be good in a squash soup with a blend of other squashes. I could see kabocha mixed with maybe butternut, acorn, delicata, spaghetti, and even Humboldt squashes. Throw in some buffalo and rice and maybe the roasted seeds of all of the squashes. Man, I am an ideas machine.

We eat this a LOT and we absolutely Love it but we make mash with butter and cinnamon or roast in oven with brown sugar & cinnamon!! But you gave me a different way now with curry! Thanks👏👏👍

Thank you so much. I have seen this squash in the stores and wondered how to cook it. Now I know! Can't wait to try it!

Thank you for information on Kabocha Squash. I bought this squash today. I prepared subzi with Indian spices..very delicious..!

This is my favorite squash. Usually steamed for soup or baked and eaten as is 👌🏾

I've never had this squash, but seeing how you did roasting of it, I will for sure go to Sprouts or any store that has these, and pick One up😋 Maybe to go along side some grilled Chicken..😋 thank you for such an amazing video..😊

I just cut them in half horizontally, scoop out the seeds and membranes for the squirrels and microwave the squashes until soft or bake in the oven or air fryer, no need to add oil, honey, salt, or anything else, just add some side veggies, salad, beans, etc. By the way natural carbs, without salt/sugar/fat added, are the beneficial carbs full of goodness and fibre. So let's not promote a low carb diet, these carbs are what our body needs. It's the processed carbs that we want to stay away from as they're addicting and fattening, so yes to fruit, veggies, squashes, potatoes, wholegrains, etc. as these are the good carbs, no or very limited amounts of pastries, etc.

I loooove kabocha squash. It is fantastic in korokke (kind of like a potato cake but better). I grow it in my garden along with red kuri squash.

I just made it! Chopped it into cubes took the skin off added it to rainbow carrots, parsnips, butternut squash roasted with salt, pepper, paprika, sage, rosemary, basil, oregano.

My favorite of all pumpkins!!

Thank you so much! I'm not much of a cook and this helps me a lot.

Loved the video-squash looks really tasty!! I will certainly look for it at the store and give it a try.

The first time I had Kabocha squash it was in a tempura-amazing!

Thanks so much for the video! I got one today at Walmart for $2, this will be my first squash ever.

Great tips...growing Kabocha so this is very helpful.

Love this squash. It tastes like chestnuts to me.

Loved the video.. I'll be checking out more of them! I'm using Kabocha Squash for the first time today. Testing a recipe for one of my Christmas dishes.

i love your 101 videos. keep making them! can't wait to try this squash.

I just loved your video! Thanks.

kabocha is so dang good!! it's SO sweet

I don't like the taste of pumpkin, but I love, love, love the taste of Kabocha squash. I bake mine with olive oil, garlic powder, salt, and paprika. It's so good.

I love kabocha squashes. It's always been very popular in my home here in Brazil. We usually eat it roasted, but my favourite thing to do with it is kabocha filled tortellini. Absolutely scrumptious! 😁

I usually mix with mayo and nuts, it's a delicious salad, or deep in tempura batter to deep fried it. Will try your recipes, especially with honey and cinnamon, thank you🤗

I love Kabocha squash. I eat at least one every week because it helps my digestion system. I basically cut it in wedges and boil with a pinch of salt. The ones I eat have very green skin color. Unfortunately, they are not always available at my groceries, so I am growing them in my garden.

Made this soup today and it is delicious! Great recipe and easy to follow video/recipe. This will be my soup for the week! I actually added steamed collard greens in one bowl of soup, just to see how it would be with some greens and it works well! Thank you!!

These remind me of Dominican pumpkins(Auyama). They have the same dark green outside and insides but the sizes vary.One of my favorite things to make with this is a mash, where you steam/boil them, then add a bit of butter and milk.(similar to mash potatoes) You could eat this alone but one my favorite things to do is add some lightly fried onions (that have been cooked with a like TB of vinegar& a pinch of salt). It totally balances the sweetness of the mash with the saltiness the onions. It's a great side dish.

Wow!!! I am so amazed that a pumpkin 🎃 has migrated to the West Indies (island of 🇭🇹 Haiti). This is the main ingredient of soup Joumou (Independence soup of Haiti). I heard so many names of it being called. First I heard it's a squash. Then it is a pumpkin. Calabasas, Kabocha, Seminole....etc....thanks for the information

My absolute favorite way to cook kabocha squash is to make coconut curry kabucha it is so good I can eat it everyday.

Just learned something new!! Thank you!! I can't wait to try this!!!

Mmm, it looks so yummy! I cooked with it last winter and love the flavor. Nice to have more ideas, thank you! Will make it as wedges next time.

Thanks so much for this! Just picked up a giant one of these last week that's waiting for me.

Thanks Dani for this 101 tutorial, it been really informative.

I separate the seeds & leave them out for the squirrels - they love them!

It makes a great pumpkin pie or cake!

My kabocha is growing still but harvesting soon..... will be making a Kabocha pie with it then with the other one... will be roasting it just like in the video. Great video, thanks

This is my first time to cook this one and it looks like a winner...I'll be setting some aside for soup and eating the rest as you suggested. I plan to roast the seeds and set some aside for planting. AI also want to try a cubin squash,whose name I can't remember.

Yum I will try this new choice.

i love this veggie boiled the best...comes out like sweet potato and no need to add anything because it pairs well with whatever else your cooking....its also great to add in chicken soup

I love kabocha. Great vid.

I like the last approach which is to slice and abake; thanks;

Thanks for this advice and the directions on preparing a (Kabocha Squash)! I was giving a (Kabocha Squash) from my neighbor that didn't know how to cook it! (Neither did I)! lol! So, I looked on the internet to find all (Squashes) that looked like my Squash! Then I learned that my Squashes name is (Kabocha)! Thanks again!, that I found your (cooking segment) on cooking my (Kabocha Squash)! Great cooking directions!!!

That Kabocha Pumpkin very much reminds me of and seem very much similar to the Caribbean Pumpkin called "Calabaza" which is also a sweet Pumpkin with rich flavor and don't taste anything like North American squash or pumpkin. It looks so similar and from the open cut and seeds almost seem like same Pumpkin. You can use it like a Potato, it's sweet so make Mash Pumpkin like a potato, soups, use in soups or in Rice for pumpkin flavored rice with heavenly orange color. You can even make Pumpkin Pancakes or Pumpkin Fritters like in the Caribbean. A natural sweet Pumpkin with rich flavor gives allot of uses.

I love to make pie with this, it is fantastic!! :)

I found out about them from Optavia. They are delicious and very low carb. I am making one today into a curry "cream" soup and another into pie filling/pumpkin (using pumpkin slices). Thanks for the tips on handling and cutting these monsters!

Saw this squash at whole foods the other day. Looked at it and thought "what is that". Will buy next time. Thinking I'll make muffins.

One time I bought one that was really green and when I cooked it. It was so watery I did not like it. But I love kanocga with salt and pepper put in the oven and it is so good and simple!!!!! Yummy!

it's so funny my mother had 1 of these at her house last week and we were trying to figure out exactly what it was. now we know Thanks Dani

I eat that - if not every day, then very close to it - for 1,5 years so far as i moved to Japan. It is one of the most affordable and tasty veggies here that can be found all year round :)

You are the best cook. I love it.stay blessed

I've got to try this! Looks great! Bet it makes a great soup too!

Gonna roast plain in planks and scoop with a spoon to eat. Then because I love curry, gonna do the curry, garlic, salt and pepper version. TY

What I do with mine is I but it up into pieces sprinkle with sugar and bake it it makes the house smell amazing and it taste soooo delicious with a scoop of vanilla ice cream

love these 101 vids!!!!!

Love your videos!

👍👍Thank you very very much, With best wishes, 🙏🙏 ( from India )

I am a MAJOR lover of squashes of all types - except kabocha. For some reason every time I've tried them they've been dry and have a mealy mouth feel. I have no idea why, maybe they're just different in my area? I really want to like them...but this video has persuaded me to try it one more time :).

Guauuuu!! Realmente deliciosa y nutritiva !! Saludos desde manzanillo México bye bye!

Yep, Sweet and Delicious.

Hello, new subscriber here! I've never tried kabocha squash, but you make it seem so simple to cook and delicious that I think I might give it a try! I hope I find it somewhere in my local grocery departments though; you really can't find a lot of exotic things in rural Kentucky.

Los hispanos usamos este vegetal para cocinar cosas como el sancocho. Sabrosisimo. 😋

I put seeds with water into the blender, then strain it and have delicious seed milk/cream.

i got headakes of desire of eating alllll pumpkins! the images are amazyng! i jusk can taste them! squash squash pumpkin pumpkin pumpkin ! i git this year a couple of squashes but i turned them into lanterns but as halloween is over by now it remais for the next squases im gonna buy in the future to just eat them ! the videos your videos are grate!

Love 101's... this is no exception ;)

You can make squash fritter, squash and string beans with coconut cream, "pinakbet," "kusido," etc...

Thank you. I just got these seeds and I was curious as to what my friend gave me lol

love it- will have to try!

A very beneficial food to eat, like Okra, Avocados, Cabbage, Kidney Beans, and probably all the rest of the green and red vegetables and legumes. My mother is 91 years old and refuses to use a cane or stroller. She is accustomed to eating kabocha regularly in her diet. Somehow a few weeks went by recently where kabocha did not make her plate. During these weeks, she suffered from severe neck pain, and later developing strong back pain. Eating kabocha again,she has begun to lessen her pain and restore her agility. After seeing her suffering without kabocha and her recovery beginning with kabocha, my conclusion is: For the body to work properly as you age, Kabocha is an essential food. Without it, the body begins to break down. With it, your quality of life improves greatly. Along with kabocha, I am told that Okra is good for battling frailty because it improves blood circulation and reinforces bone density. She used to infrequently bring okra to the table as well. I have been reading that Okra also is good for cleaning out the entire digestive tract, because okra escorts poisons collecting in the stomach out of the body, which reduces the chance of developing rectal cancer and other abdominal complications. The absence of poisons allows for the necessary microbes to flourish, so proper digestion can now take place. My mother thinks these facts are common sense notions about food, agriculture, and health. However, these ideas were not handed down to me. I guess you have to live the Japanese existence to such ideas. I hope the story of my recent experience with these foods will provide you with knowledge, and that you find wisdom from discovering it, so that it becomes a blessing in your life. By the way, there is a God, and there are God's people. The Bible states God identifies God's people by seeing who follows God's original 10 Commandments. Christians on the other hand, have faith that Jesus Christ will blot out our sinful nature, so God can accept us into God's Kingdom. As the song goes, "Yes there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run..." the New Testament Bible requires both. Revelation 14:12 states the people of God keep His commands and remain faithful to Jesus, thus following both paths. Do you not want to be part of God's people? Please choose to keep all 10 Commandments as originally decreed by God, pursue understanding of God's Plan of Salvation for humanity through Jesus Christ, and allow the Holy Spirit to engage in discussion with you about the merits of practicing acceptance, forgiveness, and compassion, out of which personal transformation occurs.