• Wash, deseed, peel and cut pumpkin into pieces.
• Heat oil and butter in a non-stick frying pan.
• Add pumpkin pieces and fry lightly.
• In a small pot, mix water, saffron, sugar, rose water and bring to boil.
• Arrange the fried pumpkin in a frying pan, add syrup on top, cover and cook on medium heat for 20 minutes.
• Place the cooked pumpkin on a serving dish, decorate with chopped pistachio and serve warm.
• Enjoy.

To make the pumpkin easier to cut, cook it in microwave for a few minutes.