Guyanese Metemgee with fried fish

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: light coconut milk

💰Cheaper: water + coconut extract

Light coconut milk reduces calories while still providing coconut flavor.

plantains

🥗Healthier: zucchini

💰Cheaper: bananas

Zucchini offers a similar texture with fewer calories.

chicken

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: canned beans

Tofu is a lower-calorie protein alternative, while beans are budget-friendly.

sweet potatoes

🥗Healthier: butternut squash

💰Cheaper: regular potatoes

Butternut squash is nutritious and adds sweetness.

Peel the sweet potato and cassava root.

Cut the cassava in half and peel it.

Add the cassava to a measuring cup.

Add the sweet potato, green plantain, and thyme to the pot.

Add cooking oil, chopped onion, green onion, and garlic to the pot.

Add one cube of chicken bouillon and mushroom seasoning for flavor.

Add black pepper and salt to taste.

Add the cassava, sweet potato, and plantain to the pot.

Add coconut milk for flavor and creamy texture.

Add a little bit of water and cover the pot, lowering the heat to let it boil.

In a mixing bowl, combine one cup of flour, a tablespoon of baking powder, a tablespoon of sugar, garlic powder, black pepper, and half a tablespoon of room temperature butter to make the dumpling dough.

Knead the dumpling dough until soft and let it rest until the soup is almost finished.

Check the soup to see if it is thickening and add more water if necessary.

Season the tilapia with salt, lemon juice, mushroom seasoning, garlic powder, black pepper, paprika, and turmeric, and let it marinate for at least 15 minutes.

Cut the plantain in half and prepare to add the dumplings to the soup.

Make small round dumplings from the dough and add them to the pot.

Cover the pot and let the dumplings steam.

Heat oil in a frying pan and prepare to fry the tilapia.

Fry the tilapia until golden brown and remove it from the pan.

Add poy baji to the soup to steam and add more green onion and celery for flavor.

Once everything is cooked, serve the metemgee topped with fried tilapia and dumplings.

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