Ingredients

  • Virgin Islands Style Fish
  • 4 1/2 lbs fish, scaled and gutted
  • 2 medium onions, chopped
  • 1 tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice or 3 tablespoons lime juice
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 teaspoons butter
  • Okra Fungi
  • 1 (10 ounce) package frozen okra
  • 2 1/2 cups boiling water
  • 1 1/2 cups yellow cornmeal, ground fine
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • pepper, to taste

Method

  • Place fish with all ingredients into a saucepan and cook gently until fish is cooked, about 20 to 30 minutes.
  • Place frozen okra in boiling water. Cook until just barely tender.
  • In a medium size saucepan, bring 21/2 cups water to a boil.
  • To make fungi that is free of lumps, mix about 1/4 cup of the cornmeal with 3/4 cup water in a separate small bowl. Then, add this mixture back into the larger pot of boiling water.
  • Let cornmeal cook for about a minute, then add the rest of the cornmeal into the pan in a slow steady stream, while stirring constantly.
  • Add hot cooked okra to cooked cornmeal. Stir well.
  • Then, stir in the butter, salt and pepper, to taste.
  • Simmer for about 5 minutes more.