Green Fig + Saltfish (St. Lucia) – Seema Pankhania

Ingredients

• 200g saltfish, soaked (see instructions below) – please use the Caribbean stuff rather than bacalao. Opt for salt cod. This will need to be soaked overnight.
• 2 tbsp neutral oil
• 4 small green bananas, boiled, peeled and cut on the bias (see instructions below)
• ½ white onion, finely sliced
• 8 cherry tomatoes, halved
• 4 season peppers, diced
• 1 scotch bonnet, pierced
• 2 sprigs of thyme, leaves picked
• 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
• 2 spring onions, sliced
• Small handful parsley, chopped (In Saint Lucia this would be young celery leaves)
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• Lime, to serve
• 1 cucumber, peeled, de-seeded and sliced
• Drizzle of neutral olive oil