I've been looking for some new ideas for vegan recipes & started to read about 'Ital' which is a rastafarian food culture. It's quite a nuanced concept but basically it's a vegan diet which emphasises the power of food from the earth in its natural state. Last night I created this Ital stew which turned out quite well I think. Here's the recipe in case you want to try it:
Ingredients:
1 onion (sliced)
1 scotch bonnet pepper (diced)
a bunch of thyme
a green pepper (chopped)
4 or 5 tomatoes (chopped)
1 tin of black eyed beans
1 tin of callaloo
4 or 5 sweet potatoes (peeled & diced)
1 tin of coconut milk
half a litre of stock
Basically, you just fry all the veg in a little oil, add the stock, herbs & coconut milk & simmer it until the sweet potato is cooked through. Serve with rice or roti.
We decided that our food ought really to be accompanied by a cocktail using the Trinidadian rum lurking at the back of our cupboard & chose a Mary Pickford (not strickly Ital but hey it was good). This cocktail was created for Mary (a silent film star) in Cuba during prohibition.
Mary Pickford
5-6 ice cubes
1 and a quarter measures white Caribbean rum
half measure pineapple juice
1 teaspoom grenadine
Enjoy!
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