West Africa has no shortage of long-simmered stews made with an dizzying variety of both cultivated and foraged greens.
Recipe
Hakô Bantara
Truchas a la Navarra
(Spanish, Basque ham-stuffed trout)
Perfect for a campfire frying pan, this simple yet complexly flavored trout dish also turns out well when grilled or roasted in the oven.
Sopa de Ajo
(Spanish garlic and bread soup)
This nourishing soup, rich with the flavor of garlic and paprika and thickened with bread and egg, is the epitome of Spanish cocina pobre, or “cuisine of the poor.”
Varutharacha Kozhi Kari
(Indian, Kerala chicken curry with roasted coconut and spices)
What sets this particular curry apart from the cream-based curries you find in most Indian restaurants is the coconut-spice paste that forms the sauce’s base.
Haneeth
(Yemeni spiced and roasted lamb shanks)
Haneeth (الحنيذ) is an ancient Yemeni special occasion dish of slow-roasted lamb shanks that yields falling-off-the-bone meat with incredible flavor.
Arequipe
(Colombian caramel spread)
See Dulce de Leche recipe
Arroz con Dulce
(Puerto Rican rice pudding with coconut milk)
See Arroz con Leche recipe variations
Arroz con Habichuelas
(Dominican red beans and rice)
See Moros y Cristianos recipe variations
Arroz-Doce
(Brazilian rice pudding with coconut milk)
See Arroz con Leche recipe variations
Banan Peze
(Haitian fried plantains)
See Tostones recipe