How to Make Ducana | Doucana

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: soy milk

Almond milk is lower in calories and can mimic the creaminess.

sweet potatoes

🥗Healthier: butternut squash

💰Cheaper: regular potatoes

Butternut squash offers similar sweetness and texture.

Wash the coconut, remove the shell, and grate the coconut.

Wash, peel, and grate a piece of pumpkin and set it aside (pumpkin is optional).

Wash and sanitize fresh green banana leaves, towel blot them, and heat them over the stovetop to loosen the leaves.

Sift flour, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon into a bowl, stir to combine, and set it aside.

Wash and peel local sweet potatoes, then grate them using the rough side of the grater.

Add the grated coconut and pumpkin to the grated sweet potatoes and stir to combine well.

Add sugar to taste.

Stir in the flour and continue mixing to a thick batter.

Drop spoonfuls of the Ducana batter into squares of banana leaves, fold securely, and tie with strips of banana stem, a piece of string, or secure with pieces of foil.

Bring a pot of water to a boil, then safely add the Ducana to the boiling water and cook until firm.

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