Metagee
This is a fruit, fish, and dumpling dish that is very delicious, and is eaten like casserole in the U.S. I highly recommend trying this dish if you are new to Guyanese cooking, because it will quickly become one of your mainstay dinners.
Ingredients:
- 2 lbs fillets of snapper or other white-fleshed fish, cut into pieces
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- salt
- 2 tsp chopped fresh parsley
- 1 sprig fresh thyme or ¼ tsp dry
- 2 cups water
- 2 green plantains or green bananas, peeled and cut into thirds
- 8 oz yam, peeled and cubed
- 1 lbs sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 1 lb cassava, peeled and cubed
- 6 black peppercorns
- ½ tsp finely chopped thyme
- 4 cloves garlic, crushed
- 4 cups coconut milk
- 2 carrots, sliced
- 1 large onion, sliced
- dumplings
Directions:
Rub fish with lemon juice, salt, parsley, and thyme. Set aside.
Bring water to boil in a large saucepan. Add plantain, yam, sweet potatoes, cassava, peppercorns, additional thyme, garlic, and coconut milk and cook over medium heat until liquid reduces a little, about 15 to 20 minutes.
Add carrots, onion, and fish and cook about 5 minutes. Add dumplings. Cover and cook 10 more minutes. Do not lift the lid during this time or the dumplings will not be soft and fluffy. Serve immediately.
