Garden Egg
Ingredients
8-10 white/green Garden Eggs OR
2 Medium white Aubergines/Eggplants
2-3 pieces of yam
1/2 Cup palm oil
2 big Red Bell Peppers (optional), cut into small cubes
1 Big Tomato – cut into small cubes
2 Scotch Bonnets pepper (or your choice of peppers) cut into small pieces
2 Medium Onions – chopped into cubes
3 Tablespoons Ground Crayfish
1 Bouillon Cube of your choice
Salt to Taste
Instructions
Cooking Directions
Before you cook Garden egg Sauce, rinse the garden eggs very well and remove the stalk.
2 ways to puree Kiterly kittley
Remove any stem and leaves pieces
Rinse the Kiterly kittley well.
a)With a blender: Put in a blender and pour enough water to help the blades of your blender move. Blend till smooth.
OR
b) With a mortar and pestle or Potatoes masher : Boil Kiterly kittley till they are soft. Pound in a mortar or potato masher until smooth. Pour the pureed garden egg into a clean container.
Start cooking the yam or the staple food you will serve with the garden egg sauce.
Pour the palm oil into a clean dry pot and heat it up. Heat until a piece of onion sizzles when added to the hot oil.
When the oil is hot enough, add the onions and fry for about 2 minutes until brown.
Add the garden egg puree and stir for a bit. Cover the pot and cook-fry for some time and stir again until all the water dries up. The oil will also be separated from the puree.
Add pepper and salt to taste.
Add the smoked fish, and remaining ingredients, stir, cover and leave to simmer for a few minutes.
Serve with Boiled Yam, Plantain or Potato.