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Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 -pound salt pork
- Meat from 2 cooked crabs, optiona
- 2 tablespoons butter, divided
- 4 chives, minced
- 1 onion, minced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 8 okra, cleaned and diced
- 12 dasheen leaves, cleaned and stripped from their stalks*
- 4 cups coconut milk
- 1 1/2 cup grated or cubed pumpkin
- Salt
- Rice or cornbread, for serving
Method
- Pour 1 cup of water into a large saucepot.
- Add the salt pork and crabmeat, if using, and bring to a boil.
- Meanwhile, in a small frying pan over medium heat, melt 1 tablespoon of butter.
- Add chives, onion, and garlic and cook until lightly browned, about 2 minutes.
- Add the garlic mixture to the pot with the pork.
- Add the okra, dasheen or spinach, coconut milk, and pumpkin and cook until soft, about 10 minutes.
- Turn off the heat, add the remaining tablespoon of butter, and season with salt, to taste.
- Serve hot with rice or cornbread.
- *Dasheen is a leafy green similar to spinach.
- It can be found in specialty stores or spinach may be substituted.
