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Moksi Alesi

Name: Moksi Alesi
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Suriname
Ingredients: 300g Rice; 150g (cooked) Black-eyed peas; 100g Bacon; 100g Shrimp; 200ml Coconut milk; 1 Onion; 2 cloves Garlic; A pinch Thyme; 1 Chili pepper; 2 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 tsp Salt; 300ml Water

Rice

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Rice, beans, and salted meat or fish cooked together — Suriname's 'mixed rice.'

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Moksi alesi means 'mixed rice' in Sranan Tongo, a Creole home dish: rice and black-eyed peas are cooked together with salted pork, dried fish, shrimp, and more in coconut milk with thyme and chili. Made with whatever's in the fridge, it's an everyday one-pot rice.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a kitchen in Paramaribo, Suriname's capital, a pot of coconut-scented mixed rice is opened and heaped onto a platter.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Rice 300g
Black-eyed peas 150g (cooked)
Bacon 100g
Shrimp 100g
Coconut milk 200ml
Onion 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Thyme A pinch
Chili pepper 1
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Water 300ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Heat oil in a pot and fry the diced bacon, onion, and garlic.
Add the rinsed rice, peas, thyme, and a whole chili and mix.
Add the coconut milk, water, and salt and bring to a boil.
Top with the shrimp, cover, and cook on low for 20 minutes.
Let stand 10 minutes and mix.

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