Friday, 28 September 2012

Local food - Mataba

This is the beginnings of what we call 'Mataba'.  These leaves are from the Cassava plant, add some garlic, onions, chilli peppers and salt and away you go.


Pound it altogether in this giant mortar and pestle.

After pounding, it ends up looking like this.

Grate some coconut (thanks Becca), then squeeze out the milk.  To get the milk you add small amounts of water and squeeze the shavings.  You repeat this until you have your desired amount of milk or until it gets to watery.

Add the coconut milk to the leaves and simmer away until the milk has evaporated.

The green on this plate is the final product.  This was our Christmas lunch last year.  I forgot to take the final product photo of my cooking session.  It may not look like much but it really is delicious!!