Introducing tropical food and tropical recipes to the world!
Name: Macaroons or Rochers congolais
Eaten in: Europe/USA
Foodie: Linda
This is it! The recipe to make if you are trying to impress someone coming over. The smell of baked coconut fills the kitchen (and the house if your place is small enough) with a delicious aroma and any visitor will immediately feel at ease and bask in the warm and inviting smell….
Remember the Jamaican rice recipe we posted last week? It complements perfectly this goat meat recipe. Goat meat is popular in many African countries as well as the Caribbean. It has a strong flavor, which makes it easily distinguishable from beef and lamb. This Jamaican goat curry is a gem …
Name: Sweet banana-coconut bread
Foodie:Gen
Are you one of those weirdos (like me) who can only enjoy a banana when it is not ripe? Well, if you are, then you need a very special recipe to avoid throwing away those ripe, a.k.a way-to-sweet-to-late-to-eat bananas. And even if you do enjoy eating raw ripe bananas, this banana-coconut bread recipe will allow you to mix things up! …
COCONUT
The coconut is truly a tropical fruit, spread on its own to tropic coastal zones all over the world. The flesh and milk from the coconut is widely used in Africa. Creamed coconut is used grated onto casseroles or used to make coconut milk by dissolving it in boiling water. Coconut is used in relishes, frying dishes, sauces, desserts – you name it. Coconut milk is also widely used in all kinds of warm meals. Fresh coconut is sometimes peeled into slivers and used as topping on desserts. Sometimes grown on plantations, but mostly harvested directly from wild trees.
