Metemgee
The ground provision boil: metemgee (metem) — eddoes, plantains, cassava, sweet potatoes and dumplings boiled and served in a coconut-milk sauce with fried or steamed fish — Guyana's hearty Amerindian-African plate.
What it is
The ground provision boil: metemgee (metem) — eddoes, plantains, cassava, sweet potatoes and dumplings boiled and served in a coconut-milk sauce with fried or steamed fish — Guyana's hearty Amerindian-African plate. Ingredients: eddoes, green plantains, cassava, sweet potatoes, cornmeal or flour dumplings, coconut milk, onions, thyme; fish (fried or in the sauce). Recipe: 1) Boil the provisions in salted water. 2) Make a coconut sauce with onions and herbs. 3) Add the dumplings. 4) Serve provisions mounded with sauce and fish. Serve: at family lunches. Flavor: starchy, coconut-creamy, sustaining. History: metemgee's name may come from a West African word for the boiled provisions — the plate is the plantation garden's memory. See also: Pepperpot (Guyanese), Cook-Up Rice.
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