Callaloo

Name: Callaloo
Ingredients: 1 cup water; 1/4 -pound salt pork; Meat from 2 cooked crabs, optiona; 2 tablespoons butter, divided; 4 chives, minced; 1 onion, minced; 3 garlic cloves, minced; 8 okra, cleaned and diced; 12 dasheen leaves, cleaned and stripped from their stalks*; 4 cups coconut milk; 1 1/2 cup grated or cubed pumpkin; Salt; Rice or cornbread, for serving

13 ingredients

10 steps

Ingredients

1 cup water
1/4 -pound salt pork
Meat from 2 cooked crabs, optiona
2 tablespoons butter, divided
4 chives, minced
1 onion, minced
3 garlic cloves, minced
8 okra, cleaned and diced
12 dasheen leaves, cleaned and stripped from their stalks*
4 cups coconut milk
1 1/2 cup grated or cubed pumpkin
Salt
Rice or cornbread, for serving

Directions

1

Pour 1 cup of water into a large saucepot.
2

Add the salt pork and crabmeat, if using, and bring to a boil.
3

Meanwhile, in a small frying pan over medium heat, melt 1 tablespoon of butter.
4

Add chives, onion, and garlic and cook until lightly browned, about 2 minutes.
5

Add the garlic mixture to the pot with the pork.
6

Add the okra, dasheen or spinach, coconut milk, and pumpkin and cook until soft, about 10 minutes.
7

Turn off the heat, add the remaining tablespoon of butter, and season with salt, to taste.
8

Serve hot with rice or cornbread.
9

*Dasheen is a leafy green similar to spinach.
10

It can be found in specialty stores or spinach may be substituted.