Callaloo-trini Style

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 medium chopped onion
• chives, 1 stalk
• 4 ounces of diced pumpkin (optional)
• 10 okra, chopped
• 1 scotch bonnet pepper (red)
• 1 cup coconut milk (optional)
• 1 bunch dasheen leaves or 2 bunches spinach
• salt

Recipe

• 1 clean the leaves and remove the skin from the stalks and tips, rinse and chop coarsely.
• 2 in a large pot, add all the ingredients with 2 cups of water.if you are adding meat it can go in with with ingredients at this time.
• 3 cover the pot and let simmer for minutes on a medium heat, ensuring the pepper is visible all the time and does not burst or this would make it very spicy.
• 4 remove pepper and let cool.
• 5 using a swizzle stick gently puree to blend like a soup or until a smooth consistency a blender could also be used by on a low speed just for a few seconds.