🇸🇷 Surinamese Cuisine

Heri Heri

Boiled Root Vegetables with Salt Fish

Prep Time 45 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Easy

Calories 434 kcal

A traditional Maroon dish of boiled cassava, sweet potato, plantain, and taro served with salted cod and a spicy tomato-onion sauce.

Ingredients

1 Soak salt cod overnight, changing water twice. Boil until flaky, about twenty minutes. Drain and flake into pieces.
2 Boil cassava, sweet potato, taro, and plantain in salted water until tender, about twenty-five minutes. Drain well.
3 Heat oil and saute onions until golden. Add tomatoes and Madame Jeanette pepper. Cook until tomatoes break down into a sauce.
4 Arrange boiled vegetables on a platter, top with flaked salt fish, and pour the tomato-onion sauce over everything.

Did You Know?

Heri heri means "very very" in Sranan Tongo, referring to the generous variety of root vegetables piled on the plate.