INGREDIENTS

  • 1 2/3 cups water
  • 1/3 cup curry powder
  • 1 lime, juice of
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 garlic clove , minced
  • 2 1/3 cups hulled pumpkin seeds
  • margarine , for dotting
  • salt

DIRECTIONS

  1. Combine 2/3 cup water and the curry powder in a saucepan and mix well. Add the lime juice, salt and garlic and mix. Stir in the remaining water and then simmer to heat through.Add pumpkin seeds and smmer for 5 minutes, stirring often. Don’t boil.
  2. Drain seeds but don’t rinse. Spread on a baking sheet at least 10 by 15 inches. (Really, two is better.) Sprinkle with salt and dot with butter. Bake at 250 degrees until crisp, stirring occasionally, about 1 hour.