Kabocha soup

This is a soup I learned to make in Japan — kabocha pumpkin soup. I just kind of made it up. Sometimes I add hot pepper — red chili flakes, or New Mexican green chiles — to it. Sometimes I’ll add lentils and some Indian spices.

I know some people like to make sweet pumpkin soup, but I’m not one of them.

Eat it with some cheese and radishes and bread.