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Ladob

Name: Ladob
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Seychelles
Ingredients: 4 (firm) Bananas; 1 Sweet potato; 400ml Coconut milk; 3 tbsp Sugar; 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract; A pinch Nutmeg; 1 Cinnamon stick; A pinch Salt

Dessert

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Ripe banana and sweet potato simmered in coconut milk — a sweet Seychellois dessert.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Ladob is the Seychelles' best-loved dessert: plantain, sweet potato, or breadfruit is simmered soft in coconut milk with sugar, vanilla, and nutmeg. It's eaten warm or chilled. There's also a savory version — salted fish cooked in coconut is also called ladob.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On an afternoon in a Seychellois home, banana and sweet potato simmer thick in coconut milk as the sweet scent of vanilla spreads.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Bananas 4 (firm)
Sweet potato 1
Coconut milk 400ml
Sugar 3 tbsp
Vanilla Extract 1/2 tsp
Nutmeg A pinch
Cinnamon stick 1
Salt A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Peel the bananas and halve lengthwise.
Peel the sweet potatoes and cut into thick rounds.
Warm the coconut milk, sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a pot.
Add the sweet potatoes and simmer 10 minutes, then the bananas for 10 minutes, until tender.
Add the vanilla and nutmeg.

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