Try out some of these typical ital recipes to experience some of the flavors of the Rastafari cuisine. Make a main course, a desert, and a delicious beverage – a full Rasta meal to get the full experience of all the flavors!
Ital Stew
Ingredients:
2 C dried beans (any kind)
2 medium Idaho potatoes
1 C diced yellow yams
2 medium sweet potatoes
12 medium okra
2 C fresh corn (cut kernels off cob)
3 medium carrots
3 stalks of scallions
3 cloves fresh garlic
1 small green Scotch bonnet (habanero) pepper
3 C natural coconut milk
1 T soya margarine
7-12 pimento seeds (allspice)
7-12 pimento seeds (allspice)
3 pieces fresh thyme
2 C whole wheat flour
Fresh cilantro (garnish)
Directions:
Soak beans in distilled water overnight to remove the gas. Chop garlic and thyme and dice remaining vegetables. Put beans to boil with scallions, pimento seeds, thyme, garlic, and pepper. Add coconut milk to boil along with beans until fully cooked, then add vegetables to the pot. Knead flour with a little water to make small dumplings (spinners). Add spinners to pot and boil until cooked. When stew starts to thicken, add soya margarine and simmer to flavor. Garnish with cilantro. Serve with brown rice and a salad.
Ital Sweet Potato Pudding
Ingredients:
1lb 8ozs to 1lb 14ozs sweet potato
3 cups coconut milk
½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp ground ginger
½ tsp grated nutmeg
1 ½tsp vanilla essence
1 to 1 ¼4 cup brown sugar
2 cups soaked raisins
½ – 1 cup flour
5ozs Beet Root or Carrots (optional)
Directions:
- Puree sweet potato and coconut milk in blender
- Pour mixture into a bowl
- Dice beet root
- Add all the ingreidents to the bowl. Mix and pour into a well greased 8″ or 10″ round tin
(vegetable shortening to grease the tin) - Bake at 350F for 1 ½ hours then 300F for 25 mins
- Remove from the oven immediately.
- Best eaten the next day or at least 5 hours after cooking.
- The pudding sets as it cools.
Tropical Mango Pineapple Smoothie Recipe
Ingredients:
1 cup water or almond milk, original/unsweetened
1 small banana or ½ of a large one
2 clementines or 1 orange, peeled
1 medium ripe mango (2 cups), peeled
1¼ cups frozen pineapple chunks
1 Tbsp flax seeds
Directions:
- Put everything in the blender in the order that it’s listed and blend until smooth. Easy Peasy. Enjoy your taste of the tropics. 🙂
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