Cassava Roti: Excerpt from ‘St. Lucia’s Cassava Recipes’ Book

Cassava Roti

The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) in St. Lucia has published a cookbook featuring 25 original cassava recipes, and who knew  the starchy staple could be prepared in such sweet and savoury ways! Here’s one of our favourite recipes in the book – Cassava Roti made by Jedediah Papin, a student of the Castries Comprehensive School!

2.55 from 714 votes
Cassava Roti
Print
Cassava Roti
Total Time
1 hr
 
Course: Main Dish
Cuisine: Caribbean
Servings: 3
Author: Jedediah Papin
Ingredients
  • 2 cups cubed cassava
  • ½ cup coconut milk
  • 1 Tbsp. coconut oil
  • 3 Tbsp. Curry Powder
  • 1 Red Onion chopped
  • ½ tsp. Turmeric powder
  • 2 pieces of meat diced
  • Dash of mustard powder (or ½ tsp. mustard seeds)
  • 1 Tbsp. black pepper
  • Meat seasoning of your choice
Preparation

  1. Cook cassava cubes in salted water with turmeric powder until soft, yet firm. Drain and set aside.

  2. Heat coconut oil in a heavy-bottom pan and add mustard powder/seeds. Once oil is hot, add curry.

  3. Add chopped onion and black pepper; sauté about 2 minutes.

  4. Add seasoned meat and a little water; allow to cook until tender.

  5. Add the cooked cassava with coconut milk and allow to simmer.

  6. Remove from heat and serve hot in a roti shell! 

Browse more original cassava recipes from the book in the free digital copy right here! 

Saint Lucia's Cassava Recipe Book

Ministry of Agriculture (Saint Lucia)

Contributor

Our aim is to develop St. Lucia's Agricultural sector to ensure increased production of quality food and other commodities through environmentally sustainable management practices for the benefit of the entire population.

4,295 Comments

  7. I truly love your site.. Excellent colors & theme. Did you make this web site yourself? Please reply back as I’m hoping to create my own personal blog and want to learn where you got this from or exactly what the theme is named. Appreciate it!

  8. After exploring a few of the blog articles on your web page, I really like your technique of blogging. I saved it to my bookmark website list and will be checking back in the near future. Please check out my web site too and tell me how you feel.

  12. Have you ever thought about creating an ebook or guest authoring on other blogs? I have a blog based on the same topics you discuss and would love to have you share some stories/information. I know my audience would enjoy your work. If you’re even remotely interested, feel free to shoot me an email.|

  19. I in addition to my buddies came digesting the great hints from the website and then unexpectedly got a terrible suspicion I had not thanked the website owner for those secrets. These guys were definitely absolutely joyful to see all of them and have now in fact been making the most of these things. We appreciate you really being indeed kind and for making a decision on certain ideal themes millions of individuals are really desirous to discover. My personal sincere apologies for not expressing gratitude to sooner.

  23. Sewing is one of the most popular professions, which will definitely be very enjoyable if it is seasoned with interest. If you have ever sewn, you know that one of the main and most important steps in sewing is to draw a standard pattern for different types of clothing designs; However, some people who are new to the profession do not have the ability to draw standard sewing patterns or do not have the opportunity to do so at all. In these cases, the use of standard ready-made patterns is suggested, which makes sewing more enjoyable and, of course, easier. Stay tuned for more on what you need to know about

  30. You are so cool! I do not think I’ve read something like that before. So wonderful to discover somebody with genuine thoughts on this subject matter. Seriously.. thank you for starting this up. This site is something that is needed on the web, someone with a little originality!

« Older Comments

Leave a Reply