Callaloo Soup

Ingredients

• •2 bundles callaloo
• •12 ounces beef, seasoned and salted
• •12 cups water
• •1 pound tannia
• •1 teaspoon garlic (minced)
• •½ cup onion, chopped
• •1 tablespoon salt
• •½ cup chives
• •½ teaspoon all-purpose seasoning
• •¼ teaspoon pepper
• •2 potatoes, white or sweet
• •2 cups coconut milk
• •1 tablespoon butter (optional)
• •Dumplings
• •Other vegetables may be used

Directions

1. 1If using salt meat, cut up and soak for ¾ to 1 hour. Boil with fresh meat for ½ hour.
2. 2Cut up dasheen leaves and wash thoroughly, then add to beef. Bring to the boil. Add the other ingredients, adjust seasoning. Cook until everything is soft.
3. 3Add dumplings 10 minutes before removing from the fire.
4. 4Coconut Milk Method: soak dried grated coconut in hot water. Allow to stand until cool. Strain in fine sieve and squeeze out milk.