🇺🇦 Ukrainian Cuisine

Гарбузова каша

Pumpkin Millet Porridge

Prep Time 40 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Easy

Calories 251 kcal

A creamy, naturally sweet porridge of pumpkin and millet cooked in milk — a wholesome Ukrainian breakfast that tastes like autumn.

Ingredients

300g pumpkin, peeled and cubed
0.5 cup millet, rinsed
2 cups milk
1 cup water
2 tbsp honey
1 tbsp butter
pinch of salt
cinnamon to taste

Instructions

1 Cook pumpkin cubes in water until soft, about 15 minutes. Mash roughly with a fork.
2 Add millet and milk to the pot with the pumpkin.
3 Cook on low heat, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes until millet is tender and porridge is creamy.
4 Stir in honey, butter, salt, and cinnamon.
5 Serve warm, topped with extra honey or butter if desired.

Did You Know?

In Ukrainian folklore, if a father offered a suitor harbuzova kasha (pumpkin porridge), it meant the marriage proposal was rejected — 'getting a pumpkin' became slang for rejection.