International Calendar 2017 - The Gambia Recipes - Benachin, Chakery, Wonjo Juice

Ingredients

• 3–4 filets of perch (gutted and cleaned, but with heads)
• 1 butternut squash, pealed and cubed
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 cups/300 gr of long-grain rice
• 3 cloves of garlic, chopped
• 1 large green pepper, sliced
• 5 hot chile peppers, i.e., Habaneros, pounded to a paste
• 3 ripe tomatoes, chopped
• 2 cups water
• 3 T tomato paste
• 1 small head of cabbage, cut into chunks
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 cube of fish stock
• Groundnut or soya oil for frying
• 1 cup of unsweetened evaporated milk
• 2 cups of plain unsweetened yogurt
• 1 cup of sour cream
• 1½ of chopped unsweetened pineapples or other fruit
• Pinch of nutmeg (optional)
• Vanilla extract (a couple of drops, for flavoring)
• 2 cups of couscous (instant)
• Sugar to taste
• ½ kg dried hibiscus flower
• 4 liters of water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract