Grenada Oil Down

Oil down is the national dish of Grenada, it is a salted meat and vegetable stew that is the national dish of Grenada. Islanders have been making this recipe for centuries, in homes, restaurants, on the beaches and at the annual national Carnival, Spicemas. This one pot dish is a year round favourite but around Independence Day, Grenadians tend to get a notch more intensely proud of the island and culture, and this includes the food! It was submitted by the Grenada Tourist Agency. This dish traditionally uses Young Dasheen leaves, but we have substituted this with baby spinach which is easier to get hold of in the UK.

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% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

Peel and Cut Carrots into 1/2 inch thick coins

Step 2

Chop most of the spinach leaves

Step 3

Peel and Cut Breadfruit into 3 inch thick wedges

Step 4

Peel the green banana

Step 5

Wash and scrape meat, cut into pieces and rinse in lime juice and water. If using fish rinse in water

Step 6

Peel and cut onions into cubes

Step 7

Crush or cut the garlic finely

Step 8

Make flour dumplings by kneading together counter flour (flour that is made to be boiled not baked - I used plain flour), water and salt. Knead the dough until it is fairly tough (nothing is worse than a soft flour dumpling). This makes a lot of dumplings. I could only fit about a third of them in the pot.

Step 9

The art of oil down cooking is in “Packing the Pot” . Place all the pieces of breadfruit to cover the bottom and to some extent the sides of the pot

Step 10

a) Spread a layer of cut up spinach onto of the breadfruit

Step 11

b) Spread a layer of carrots, onions and garlic, celery, chives and thyme on top of the spinach.

Step 12

Repeat steps a and b until you run out of ingredients or space (whichever happens first)

Step 13

On top of your last layer of spinach place your flour dumplings and salt meat or salt fish or both

Step 14

Sprinkle turmeric powder over the pot and season with salt (if you are not adding salt meats or fish) and pepper sauce to taste

Step 15

Cover everything with the spinach leaves that you left uncut.

Step 16

Pour some of the coconut milk over everything so that it reaches about halfway up the pot. Put on low to medium heat to cook on the hob. As the coconut milk boils down add remainder of the coconut milk until all your ingredients are fully cooked and you have a little liquid at the bottom of the pot.

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