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South African Recipes

 Crayfish Salad

• 8 - 3 ounce crayfish tails (Use rock lobster if in the USA)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 lemon, cut into wedges
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 cup celery, cut into 1/2" dice
• 1/2 cup honeydew melon, cut into 1/2" dice
• Lettuce, for presentation
• Lemon wedges

Trinidad Tobago Trini Recipes

Pelau Chicken

Ingredients

• 2-3 lbs chicken (breasts or thighs)
• 2 limes
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 3 cloves garlic -crushed
• 4 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 3 tbsp oil
• 4 tbsp brown sugar
• 2 cups hot water
• 2 cups coconut milk
• 1 can pigeon peas (or green peas)
• 2 cups carrots
• 4 tbsp raisins
• 2 cups rice (NOT INSTANT!)
• 1 hot pepper (optional)

Dominica Recipes - Curried Goat

Ingredients

• 2 lbs goat meat
• 3 onions
• 1 bunch herbs of your choice
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 dessert spoon salt, or salt to taste
• 1/2 lb carrots
• 2 tbsp curry powder
• 1 tsp sugar
• 2 tbsp tomato ketchup
• 1 tbsp fat (butter)

Barbados Bajan Recipes - Cou Cou

Ingredients

• 6-8 okras sliced
• 6 cups water
• 2 cups corn meal
• salt and black pepper to taste
• 1 tbsp butter

Red Stripe Chicken - Jamaican recipe

NGREDIENTS :

• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 3 pounds  chicken
• 2 cups canned coconut milk/cream
• 1 cup Red Stripe beer 
• 1 Large onion (chopped)
• 1 large green bell pepper
• Salt and pepper

Fufu

Fufu is a mash of yams or other starches served as an accompaniment to meat or vegetable stews. To eat fufu, pull a small ball of mush off with your fingers, form an indentation with your thumb and use it to scoop up stews and other dishes. Or place large balls in individual serving bowls and spoon stew around them.

• White yams -- 2 pounds
• Butter -- 2 tablespoons
• Salt and pepper -- to taste

FuFu Recipes

In Western Africa, Fufu is usually made from yams, sometimes combined with plantains. In Central Africa, Fufu is often made from cassava tubers, like Baton de Manioc. Other fufu-like foods, Liberia's dumboy for example, are made from cassava flour. Fufu can also be made from semolina, rice, or even instant potato flakes or Bisquick. All over Africa, making fufu involves boiling, pounding, and vigorous stirring until the fufu is thick and smooth.

What you need

• two to four pounds of yams (use large, white or yellow yams; not sweet potatoes, not "Louisiana yams"); or equal parts yams and plantain bananas
• one teaspoon butter (optional)