Amazing Authentic And Delicious Green Gungo Soup for 2025! | Val's Kitchen.

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: evaporated milk

Almond milk is lower in calories, while evaporated milk is more affordable.

scotch bonnet pepper

🥗Healthier: jalapeño

💰Cheaper: serrano pepper

Jalapeños offer heat with fewer calories, while serrano peppers are often less expensive.

Welcome to the channel and introduce the dish: Green Gungo Soup.

Show the ingredients: gungo peas, pigtails, beef bone, coconut, yellow yam, sweet potato, dasheen, thyme, garlic, green pepper, pimento seeds, flour, and cornmeal.

Clean and wash the coconut, then cut it up for blending.

Put water on the fire to boil for the peas and meat.

Add the pigtails and beef bone to the boiling water to cook.

Add the gungo peas, thyme, garlic, green pepper, and pimento seeds to the pot.

Cover the pot and let it cook.

Blend the coconut with water to extract the milk.

Add the coconut milk to the pot once the peas and meat are cooked.

Peel and prepare the yellow yam, sweet potato, and dasheen while the soup cooks.

Make cornmeal dumplings by mixing flour and cornmeal, adding the soup's flavor without salt.

Taste the soup and adjust seasoning, adding salt only if necessary.

Crush the potatoes into the soup for texture.

Let the soup cook down to the desired consistency before serving.

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