Caribbean Recipes – Moksi-Alesi
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Feb. 5, 2021: This week we feature a unique recipe that is popular in the Dutch Caribbean nation of Suriname. It is Moksi-Alesi, and here's how to make it according to Denis Cardenas, owner at El Jalapeno. Filed in the book's Indian section, but the dish is from Suriname.
Nutritionper 100 g›
173
Calories
7g
Protein
25g
Carbs
5g
Fat
Ingredients
| 1 cup | long grain rice |
| 1 | onion, chopped |
| 2 | garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced |
| 200 grams | salted meat – beef or pork, and/or chicken breast |
| 1 | small tomato, chopped |
| 1 tbsp | black pepper |
| 1 pinch | nutmeg |
| 1 | fresh hot pepper |
| 1 tbsp | tomato paste or ketchup |
| 1/2 to 1 packet | masoesa or passion food powder |
| — | pointed cabbage, sliced (optional) |
| 3-4 | Maggi cubes or chicken stock cubes |
| a few tablespoons | oil |
| 1 tbsp | butter |
| 1 can | coconut milk (optional) |
Instructions
- Wash and cut the chicken breast into bite sized pieces.
- Wash the rice in a colander and drain.
- Boil the salted meat in some water until tender (approx. half an hour), or pressure cook it in a pressure cooker for about 15 minutes.
- Remove the salted meat and cut into bite sized pieces.
- Heat a few tablespoons of oil in a large non-stick skillet.
- Add the onion and garlic and let it cook.
- Add the tomatoes, the tomato paste, nutmeg and the black pepper.
- Then add the salt meat and the small chicken pieces and fry everything together until brown.
- Add some water and the Maggi or chicken stock cubes.
- If you use coconut milk, add it now.
- Let it come to a boil, add the washed rice with the masoesa and stir everything well.
- Add enough water to just a little finger joint above the rice.
- Taste for salt. Add some stock powder or chicken stock powder if necessary.
- Add the fresh hot pepper and let it steam on top of the dish. Make sure it doesn't open.
- Let it cook with the lid closed on low heat. Stir occasionally with a fork to prevent it from sticking.
- Cut the pointed cabbage into small strips. Fry it very briefly in butter or oil.
- When the moksi alesi is cooked, stir in the pointed cabbage, keeping it crisp.
- Add some extra salt if necessary.
- Serve with fried ripe plantains.