Directions:
- Put water to boil in a medium-size pot. Thinly slice okra and add to boiling water. Cook for 10 to 12 minutes, until soft. Lower the heat.
- Meanwhile, combine corn meal with cold water and mix well.
- Add corn mixture to the okra. Add salt.
- Mix well and cook on low, stirring constantly with a flat wooden spoon or cou-cou stick .
- 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.
- What makes it unique and distinguishes it from its now more fashionable cousin the Italian polenta, is the addition of okra. In some islands, cou-cou is spiced up by peppers and yellow-butter.
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per 1 Serving | |||
| Calories | 166.79 Kcal (698 kJ) | ||
| Calories from fat | 31.89 Kcal | ||
| % Daily Value* | |||
| Total Fat | 3.54g | 5% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cholesterol | 5.09mg | 2% | |
| Sodium | 407.37mg | 17% | |
| Potassium | 141.03mg | 3% | |
| Total Carbs | 31.87g | 11% | |
| Sugars | 0.49g | 2% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 3.08g | 12% | |
| Protein | 3.44g | 7% | |
| Vitamin C | 1.8mg | 3% | |
| Iron | 1.3mg | 7% | |
| Calcium | 33.4mg | 3% | |
| Amount Per 100 g | |||
| Calories | 57.72 Kcal (242 kJ) | ||
| Calories from fat | 11.04 Kcal | ||
| % Daily Value* | |||
| Total Fat | 1.23g | 5% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cholesterol | 1.76mg | 2% | |
| Sodium | 140.98mg | 17% | |
| Potassium | 48.81mg | 3% | |
| Total Carbs | 11.03g | 11% | |
| Sugars | 0.17g | 2% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 1.07g | 12% | |
| Protein | 1.19g | 7% | |
| Vitamin C | 0.6mg | 3% | |
| Iron | 0.4mg | 7% | |
| Calcium | 11.6mg | 3% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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