Gandules
Description
This recipe was taught to us by a Dominican woman named Lupe when our family went back to the DR. It’s a very tasty variation from our family recipe using coconut milk.
Ingredients
- 1.5 pounds of the gandules — 2 cans
- Onion
- Pepper (any color)
- kabocha squash
- 2 cans coconut milk
- Salt
- bouillion cube
Preparation:
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Wash the gandules in water and pick out any floating peas
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Add a little oil to a pot and put in the peas. Stir them in the oil. Add hot water to the pot with peas. Cover and get to a boil/ simmer.
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Boil additional water separately. Cut up half a kobocha squash into small quarter inch slices. Keep a few bigger pieces
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After simmering for 20 minutes add bigger kabocha pieces
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Add smaller pieces of kabocha when soft to the peas.
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Add in cilantro and onion and pepper to the gandules after 40 min. All in big chunks
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Heat up coconut milk and add to gandules
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Add bouillion cube to gandules And add mashed garlic in
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Let simmer and add salt til tastes as desired. Add in a tablespoon of sugar if you like.