🇱🇨 Saint Lucian Cuisine

Cassava Bread

Flatbread from Grated Cassava

Prep Time 1 hour
Servings 4
Difficulty Medium
Calories 185 kcal

A dense, chewy flatbread made from grated and squeezed cassava root, cooked on a flat griddle. An ancient indigenous food still cherished in Saint Lucia.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Peel cassava and grate finely.
  2. 2 Place grated cassava in a muslin cloth and squeeze out all liquid. This is critical to remove toxic compounds.
  3. 3 Sift the dried cassava through a sieve to get a fine meal.
  4. 4 Heat a flat griddle over medium heat.
  5. 5 Spread cassava meal evenly on the griddle in a thin round.
  6. 6 Cook without oil for 4-5 minutes per side until set and lightly golden.
  7. 7 Serve warm or dried for storage.

Did You Know?

Cassava bread was the original bread of Saint Lucia, made by the Kalinago people long before Europeans arrived. The same technique is still used today.