Blue Drawers

Name: Blue Drawers
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients: 2 cups cornmeal; 1 cup coconut milk; 1/2 cup sugar; Banana leaves, for wrapping

Blue Drawers/bloo DRAW-erz/

Also known as: Tie-a-Leaf

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

About this dish

Sweet cornmeal dumplings tinted blue, wrapped in banana leaf and boiled.

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Ingredients

🌽2 cups cornmeal

🥥1 cup coconut milk

🍬1/2 cup sugar

🍃Banana leaves, for wrapping

Method

Serves 2

Mix cornmeal with coconut milk, sugar, and a touch of blue food coloring.

Spoon portions onto banana leaf squares.

Wrap tightly and tie securely with string.

Boil the wrapped bundles for about an hour until set.

Serve warm, unwrapped.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Blue drawers is a traditional Caribbean dessert, historically colored with natural blue dye, similar in style to paime.

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