Origin

I was not inspired by any particular recipe.

Ingredients

• 1 small onion
• 2 cloves of garlic
• small piece of ginger (about 1/2 cm in length)
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds
• 1/2 cup lentils (I used red lentils)
• 1 pumpkin
• 1 small beet
• salt to taste
• 1 red sweet pepper
• a few toasted pumpkin seeds for garnish

Process

Mince the ginger and garlic and set them aside together.  Chop the onion and set it aside in another bowl.  Peel the pumpkin and remove the seeds and lists.  Chop it into cubes about 1 centimeter in size and set them aside.  Peel the beet and chop it like the pumpkin before adding it to the pumpkin.

Heat most of the oil in a large pan.  When it is hot, add the cumin and caraway seeds and let them sputter.  Turn down the heat slightly and…