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Metemgee

Name: Metemgee
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Guyana
Ingredients: 200g Salt Cod; 400ml Coconut milk; 1 Sweet potato; 4 Taro root; 2 Green banana; 100g All-purpose flour; 1 Onion; 2 cloves Garlic; A pinch Thyme; 1 Chili pepper; 400ml Water

Main Dish

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Root vegetables, cooking bananas, salted fish, and dumplings simmered in coconut milk — Guyana's one-pot dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Metemgee is a traditional Guyanese stew: root vegetables such as cassava, yam, sweet potato, and cooking bananas are simmered with salted fish or meat in coconut milk, with flour dumplings called duff added. An African-derived dish joined with Caribbean ingredients, it's a humble, filling one-pot meal.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a riverside village home in Guyana, root vegetables, bananas, and dumplings simmer in coconut milk in a big pot as a sweet aroma rises with the steam.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Salt Cod 200g
Coconut milk 400ml
Sweet potato 1
Taro root 4
Green banana 2
All-purpose flour 100g
Onion 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Thyme A pinch
Chili pepper 1
Water 400ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Soak the salt cod in water overnight to remove the salt and flake.
Knead the flour with 3 tbsp water and a little salt and form small dumplings.
Bring the coconut milk, water, sliced onion, garlic, thyme, and chili to a boil in a pot.
Add the taro, sweet potatoes, and bananas cut large and simmer 15 minutes.
Add the salt cod and dumplings, cover, and simmer another 15 minutes.

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