Mek Wi Talk Food – Boil Up

pork bones

🥗Healthier: chicken bones

💰Cheaper: beef bones

Chicken bones provide a lighter flavor and are often less expensive.

smoked fish

🥗Healthier: grilled fish

💰Cheaper: canned fish

Canned fish is more affordable and still adds a savory flavor.

Dig up ground food from the farm, including sweet potato, cassava, green plantain, and ripe plantain.

Wash the ground food thoroughly.

Light a fire using pine wood and matches.

Prepare a pot by cleaning it with ashes to maintain its condition.

Fill the pot with water and add the ground food to boil until soft.

Add pigtail to the pot and let it bubble.

Season the river fish (tilapia or snook) with coconut oil and other seasonings, then steam it down.

Prepare the boil cake (b cake) by mixing flour, salt, and baking powder, ensuring no shortening is added.

Place the b cake on top of the boiling ground food towards the end of the cooking process.

Make the cre sauce by cooking onion, tomato, habanero, garlic, and cilantro in coconut oil.

Serve the b cake with the sauce on top of the boiled ground food.

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