CODFISH DELIGH

Ingredients:

½ cup boneless codfish (soak for ½ hr.)

½ cup potatoes (cut into small squares)

½ lb. cabbage (chopped coarsely)

A piece of thyme

A pinch of black pepper

1 small onion (sliced)

2 small tomatoes (sliced)

1 small red pepper (sliced)

1 cup par-boiled rice
1 avocado (sliced for garnish-optional)

2 cups coconut milk

Instructions: 

Soak codfish in cold water for ½ hour. Clean and wash vegetables. Drain codfish and pour hot water over it. Flake into small pieces then put with potatoes in a saucepan to steam for 10 minutes, adding just enough water to steam. Add the cabbage and steam on top for 10 minutes. Cook rice in another saucepan with coconut milk, and season with onion, tomatoes, red pepper, thyme and black pepper. Combine codfish and rice mixture and serve hot; garnish with slices of avocado (optional). 

MATAGEE (met-a-gee) (Metemgee)

Metagee (Metemgee)

Ingredients:

1 lb. salt fish (cod fish) (soak for 15 minutes)

1 lb. green plantains (cut into large pieces)

¼ lb. potatoes (cut into large pieces)

½ lb. cassava (cut into large pieces)

14 oz can of coconut milk 

2 1/2 cups water

1 large onion (chopped)

1 scallion (finely chopped)

4 sprigs of thyme 

4 cherry tomatoes (cut in half)

1 hot pepper (chopped)

1 tbsp. oil

Dumplings can also be added (see recipe below) 

Instructions:

Clean and soak salt fish for 15 minutes. Peel, wash and cut vegetables into large pieces. In a large pot, saute onions in oil. Add water, coconut milk, thyme, scallion and pepper and bring to a boil. Add vegetables and cod fish in layers starting with the plantains, cassava, potatoes, cherry tomatoes and cod fish (broken into big pieces). Simmer for about 40 minutes. If adding dumplings, add them to the top and cover to steam for 10 minutes so that dumplings can cook properly. After steaming, take out dumplings and put on the side. To serve, dish out vegetable mixture without the sauce, and add sauce over vegetables as desired. Serve hot dumplings on the side. 

Dumpling Recipe:

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 cup milk

2 tbsp. sugar

1 tsp. margarine or butter

1 tsp. baking powder

pinch of nutmeg

Instructions:

in a bowl, mix (dry ingredients) flour, salt, sugar, baking powder together. Add margarine or butter and milk and make a dough. Drop by spoonfuls into pot then cover pot to steam for 10 minutes.