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COU-COU- the national dish of Barbados when eaten with flying fish; loosely based on the Middle Eastern cous-cous but the okras make the difference!

INGREDIENTS

4 okras thinly sliced
4 cups boiling water
2 cups corn meal
2 cups cold water
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp butter

METHOD

Cook the okras in boiling water for 10 to 12 minutes. While they are cooking, mix the corn meal and cold water to a smooth paste.
When the okras are soft, lower the heat, add salt and corn meal mixture, stirring constantly with a "cou-cou stick" (wooden spoon) until the mixture becomes fairly stiff.
When mixture breaks away cleanly from the side of the saucepan, the cou-cou is ready.

Butter a bowl; turn the mixture out neatly onto it, shaking it so that it takes on the shape of the bowl. Turn it out on to a serving dish, make an indentation in the top and place a knob of butter in it.

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