Mom’s Steamed Egg Custard in Pumpkins

Every fall, while some families used pumpkins as decor, my family actually served dessert in them. Pumpkin custard, or sangkaya fak tong in Thai, is a lusciously smooth custard commonly enjoyed for breakfast or as a snack. My mom always prepared it for Thanksgiving. The pumpkin is steamed so that a knife can easily glide through the entire thing, making it easy to cut into wedges and serve individual slices. The custard mixture is fragrant and luxuriously smooth, the ideal foil to the crunc