Peel the pumpkin and remove the seeds, get the right portion and cut into dices. Cut carrot and onion into small dices. As we will eat the onion in uncooked conditions, please be aware the tools (knife and board) used.
Prepare the steaming rack and the steam cloth. Wash the cloth and make it wet. If you do not have both materials, prepare a pot or wok and a plate to steam the food in tradional way.
Boiling water in a big pot. At the same time, put the pumpkin, corns and carrots into the steaming rack with the steam cloth in the bottom.
Get the steaming rack to the pot, cover it and steam the veggie for 15 mins.
After steaming, use chopsticks to test if the pumpkin soft enough. If it is still too hard, extend the steaming time. Rest the steamed veggie and let it cool down.
Then prepare a fork / masher to mash pumpkin and carrot. A fork will do for small portion salad.
Mash pumpkin and carrot. Suggest not to fully mashed and remain some pumpkin pieces.
Add the corns, onion dices and seasoning and mix it well.
The salad is ready to serve. Keep it in fridge if you like to eat in cold or eat it later. Suggest to finish it within 3 days.
Remarks
If it serve for kids, you can skip the pepper and mustard, and steam the onion together with other veggie.
If you do not have steaming rack but using other way to steam, there may be some water on the plate after steaming. The texture of salad will be affected if the veggie are too moist. You can use kitchen paper to help and make the veggie dry.
There is no specific type of pumpkin use in this recipe. We use Butternut this time. You can try other types of pumpkin for this dish.