Cou-cou

== Description ==
The national dish of Barbados when eaten with flying fish.
== Ingredients ==
* 4 okras thinly sliced
* 4 cups boiling water
* 2 cups cornmeal
* 2 cups cold water
* 1 tsp salt
* 1 tbsp butter
== Directions ==
# Cook the okras in boiling water for 10 to 12 minutes.
# While they are cooking,mix the corn meal and cold water to a smooth paste.
# When the okras are soft, lower the heat, add salt and corn meal mixture, stirring constantly with a "cou-cou stick" (wooden spoon) until the mixture becomes fairly stiff.
# When mixture breaks away cleanly from the side of the saucepan, the cou-cou is ready.
# butter a bowl, turn the mixture out neatly onto it, shaking it so that it takes on the shape of the bowl.
# Turn it out on to a serving dish, make an indentation in the top and place a knob of butter in it.
Category:Barbadian Appetizers
Category:Barbadian Vegetarian
Category:Okra Recipes
Category:Cornmeal Recipes
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