Recipe from
Tonga



Recipes
with cabbage


Recipe from
Trinidad

Kapisi pulu

  Chicken in coconut gravy
 
  • 300 GRAM CORNED BEEF
  • 1 TOMATO, cubed
  • 1 ONION, chopped
  • 1 CUP COCONUT CREAM
  • 1/2 CABBAGE
 
  • 1 CHICKEN, cut in pieces
  • 2 ONIONS, chopped
  • 2 CLOVES GARLIC, chopped
  • 1 RED PEPPER, chopped
  • 1 CUP COCONUT MILK
  • 2 TBSP KETCHUP
  • 2 TBSP BROWN SUGAR
  • HANDFUL CHIVES, chopped

Line 4 small round oven molds with cabbage leaves; shred the rest of the cabbage and mix with the corned beef, tomato, onion and coconut cream. Stuff the cabbage cups with this mixture. Bake 45 minutes at 170 degrees Celsius.

Tonga, the Kingdom in the South Pacific Ocean,  became independent from the British protectorate, which had existed since 1900, on 4 June 1970, which is now Independence Day. Click on culinary calendar for Links between cooking and celebration.

Heat some oil in a frying pan and melt the sugar. Coat the chicken in this sugar and simmer for a few minutes. Add the coconut milk, the onions, the garlic, the pepper, the ketchup, 1 cup of water and pepper and salt to taste. Bring this to the boil and simmer for half an hour. Sprinkle with chives.

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