Dasheen or cassava chips

Dasheen is like a starchy potato. It is a provision vegetable in the Caribbean. In other places they call this root taro.

You can fry them roast them bake them and mash them. You can even make them into bread.

I am making fried chips.

What do you need to get this done

Large dasheen
Oil
Salt

I used a slicer but a mandolin will work. Good fresh dasheen is tough to cut.
Peel off the tough outside skin.
Slice them thin like you would for potato chips.
Get the oil hot in a good high pot.
350F
Don't overload the pot.
Fry in small batches.
Dry on paper sprinkle with salt
Eat with dip or plain

If you make them thicker you can use them like a cracker.

Dasheen is a root vegetable.

Half and half tortillas

If you have trouble working with corn flour try splitting the flour. Use all purpose white four and the tortillas will be easier to manage but still have that corn flavor. 

1 cup flour
1 cup corn flour
1 cup water
1/3 cup oil
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt

Combine all into soft ball.
Split into 16 piece
Let rest 15 min.

Roll out each ball into thin round using flour to keep from sticking
Use a flat skillet or tawa heated med hot
Let them bubble and slightly brown on bottom then flip.
Let cool 

Little dough balls

Roll out very thin

First side done

Finished tortillas

Chicken wing coconut curry

Chicken wings or chicken
Coriander seeds
cumin seeds
pomegranate seeds
cardamon pods
chili powder
turmeric root
mashed garlic
coconut milk
tamarind sauce
tomato
onion
cornflower
coconut oil
sugar cane
Methi
dasheen
coconut cream

Put oil in skillet and all seeds roast for a few minutes don't burn
Add garlic onion turmeric and saute
add chicken wings
add coconut milk and tamarind sauce
add tomatoes and sugarcane
Cook bubbly
Sprinkle corn flour to thicken
Fed methi towards the end
Before serving add coconut cream and stir

Serve with rice and naan

Chicken wing soup with coconut dumplings

Easy soup if items are prepped.
Chicken wings
Tamarind sauce
Coconut milk
Local herbs
Ginger
Garlic
SP
Sugarcane pieces

water

Put items in pot with water to top of chicken.  Cook till chicken is done and remove it. Strain solids keep liquid.
Put liquid in pot and add
Chopped onion
Dasheen
Carrots
Tania
Yam

Simmer veg until soft add chicken taste for seasoning.

Skim off froth on top

Add more coconut cream

Create spinners
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup lard or butter
3/4 cup grated coconut
Water
3/4 tea Salt
Blend butter and flour until grainy
Mix water and coconut and add enough to made a dry dough
Don't over mix
Pull off bits of dough and roll into long dumplings
Drop into soup
Cook till done
Chop fresh herbs and sprinkle on soup before serving

Grill chicken on sugarcane skewers

Grill meat on sugar cane serves a couple of needs. Skewers require a stick of course and the sugar in the cane not only give meat flavor but also tenderize.  It also makes a nice presentation. 

Skinless chicken breasts cubed
Raw sugarcane

Use enough of each item to make a marinade that will cover all chicken.

Tamarind sauce
Coconut milk or cream
Local fresh herbs
Ginger root
Garlic
SP
Lime
Blend herbs and two liquids in blender

Mix all but lime and sugarcane and let marinate in fridge
When it's time to eat heat up the grill
Create skewers from cane
Put two or three cubes of chicken on each skewer
Grill in slow oven
Remove and serve with chunks of lime.

Cucumber and Avacado Soup

1 avocado
1 cucumber peeled and seeded
garlic
lemon juice
s and p
ice cubes
chicken bouillon or reduced stock
cilantro
radish

put avocado and cucumber in bowl with garlic and cilantro
blend with hand blender
add ice cubes and blend till crushed
add s and p and cilantro blend.
when it is done it will be smooth and thick. Too thick add more ice
I cut a radish into slivers and put it on top of soup as garnish. very nice

1 ripe avocado, 1 or 2 cucumbers cut into chunks (can keep the skin on if not waxed), 1 chicken bouillon cube, a handful of fresh cilantro, 1 tsp or less of garlic chili paste for a little heat, 2 cloves fresh garlic, a tbs or so of preserved lemons or if you don't have any use juice of a lime or lemon, 4 ice cubes, a little fresh ground pepper, add water near top......then blend. Et voila!

Jo-Anne's Breakfast Bread

Great bread for breakfast, full of fibre. Also a little sweet.

Recipe 
Starter

If you have a starter in fridge use it in the mix. Or start a starter the night before
200 flour
200 water
sprinkle of yeast
mix and put in fridge overnight
Weigh

1000 grams of flour split half and half white bread flour and multigrain flour

500 g liquid - buttermilk, water, reg. milk, or a combo of two.
25 to 30 g butter or oil Hazelnut oil is delicious in this bread

4 g yeast

24 g salt

50 to 100 g sugar or honey depending on how sweet you want it to be.
Add during the mixing...

raisins or other dry fruit

dates are good

nuts such as walnuts

Mix

weigh all in the mixer bowl starting with the liquid.

don't add fruit and nuts till the dough is formed

add fruit and nuts

sprinkle some cinnamon into the mix if you want

spray a big plastic bowl with a lid with oil. Add the dough

let sit covered for 45 min.

fold and turn once, don't abuse the dough

let sit covered another 45 min.

press out air gently and put in fridge or prepare to bake.

It can go in large bread tins or free form. The dough is pretty tight. All the multigrain. 

Dump on counter and divide in half.
Fold each half over itself and let it sit for 10 min.
Then...

pat down into a rectangle and start to roll it in on itself eliminating the edge.

when you get it rolled into a log pinch the seam and leave it on counter under a cloth for about an hour.

heat oven to highest heat. Use a stone for free form bread.
Bake

Bake for about 20 min at high heat then reduce heat to about 350. You can turn the loaves at that point since most ovens bake differently on each side. Reverse and reverse the loaves.

When they are done, leave them in with a spoon stuck in the oven door to let in some air.

Take out and cool on rack. 

This bread is best served toasted. It is a bit heavy but loaded with fibre and tasty.