Ingredients:

• 1/2 kg pumpkin or orange “Winter” squash
• 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1 tbsp ground coriander
• 1 tsp salt
• olive oil for frying

Method:

• Remove seeds and “stringly” part from the center of the squash.
• Cut the flesh into small pieces 3×4 cm.
• Mix the flour with the salt and coriander and dredge the pieces of pumpkin in the mixture.
• Shake off excess and fry in hot olive oil until lightly browned.
• Drain on paper towels and serve hot with the roast suckling pig above.

*Note:

• Pumpkin and orange squash came from the New World long after the downfall of the Byzantine Empire.
• The Byzantines may have fried pieces of some type of gourd (kolokytha) which was definitely not as tasty as pumpkin.