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Cornmeal Cou-Cou & Salmon Gravy
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- Опубліковано 14 кві 2020
- Cornmeal Cou-Cou is one of Barbados national dishes, its served with flying fish, salmon or saltfish. In this video I served it with Salmon.
Here are the ingredients for the Salmon Gravy
1 Onion
8 cloves garlic
1 bell pepper
1 tomato
thyme
ketchup
all purpose season
Ingredients for Cou- Cou
2 cups Cornmeal
4 cups water
2 cups of okras
salt
Start by first making your gravy, saute onions peppers, garlic add season salt, ketchup, water and salmon lower stove and let simmer.
While Gravy is simmering start Cou-Cou
add water to cornmeal to soften meal
cut the bottom and top of okra and cut into rings, place slice okras in a saucepan with water.
add salt to taste bring to medium boil for a few minutes until Okra soften.
add a quarter of the liquid back into saucepan. Add soaked meal, you'll need a wooden spoon to stir Cou Cou as it cooks, Stir constantly to avoid lumping. add Okra liquid gradually when Cou-Cou starts to bubble continue stirring for another 2-3 mins.
slice a cucumber add salt and lemon. Serve gravy on Cou-Cou with cucumber and enjoy.
My grandmother used to season her Okra water with lots of onions, thyme, other fresh herbs, a little garlic, white pepper, fresh chives and scotch bonnet pepper. She used to separate the okra water from the Okras once they were cooked and add them at the end during the final stirring. She would grease a bowl with a tiny amount of salt butter (Clover Queen usually or occadionally Kerigold), and round that cou cou up in the bowl, serve it with the gravy poured into a well at the top. You could eat hers with a knife and fork. She used to say it was done when you placed the stick in the centre of the cou cou and stood tall.
I only gained an appreciation for it as an adult after she had long passed and I couldn't get mine to come out like hers so I don't bother to make it. I preferred breadfruit cou cou (still do, to be honest).
Hi Sade thanks for watching! Those old people were the best! We all gained appreciation at an older age. Thank God their though us a lot.
Yes!! That's how my mom does hers and I heard her saying about the stick standing up
Hello. Enjoyed your instructions. I cook Cou- Cou about the same, however, I always served a piece of sweet potato on the side. I was born in Barbados and has lived in New Zealand for over 50 years. I still cook Barbados meals sometimes. This one is a favourite. Thanks.
Hi Alf, 50 Years in New Zealand!! Wow I believe you can find bajans all over this world... Thank you so much for watching and being a part f the tinaraine family. Once you've eaten bajan foods it's hard not to continue eating it, Those old people sure knew how to cook with soul. I don't get to eat cou cou very often but when I do eat it, I love to have some pickle cucumber on the side😀
Where is the lime for the gravy
I'm American and this dish is one of my favorite Bajan dishes. One of my best friend's mother is Bajan and when we were kids growing up, her mom made this dish. I know traditionally flying fish is used but here in the U.S. it's very hard to find. One of the things my friend's mom did is she fried the fish, then added it to the gravy to smother it and it was the best thing next to her cod fish cake/fritters and her curry goat. My friend's mom has moved back to Barbados after she retired several years back and I miss having her here to make it. Thanks for sharing. Now I can make it on my own.
Your friend's mom cooked the traditional bajan way. On this cannel you will find all Bajan dishes, anything you desire, and yes you can make them all yourself. Have you been to Barbados and visit your friends mom? If you have not, you must take a trip and indulge in some good food. Thank you so much for watching
@@Tinaraine When I was a kid I had the opportunity to visit Barbados and 2 weeks before leaving I came down with what is now known as the German measels. No one knows to this day how I caught it. Sadly I've never been but someday before I leave this world I plan on going.
Love the story of your mother because a lot of people that came out of the islands do not get respect but the culture gets lots of respect. I love the Caribbean flavors it’s different and when authentic people like you cook it then I know this cook knows what they’re doing. I’m only 17 and I’m learning. Just love it
Your only 17 and learning to cook the bajan way! that is fantastic, I have two daughters that prefer me to cook for them, I remind them to watch the videos so they can learn how to do it for themselves. I am proud of you for learning. Thank you for watching
I’m enjoying your videos we do need more you tubers making Bajan dishes
Yes! That's why I started this channel, I could not find any one making bajan foods and I believe bajan have some of the best cooks.
Love your channel. My grandparents were from Barbados and I was brought up eating Bajan food. Now I can recreate those recipes thanks to you.
Janice you are so welcome! You have a variety to choice from. My daughters were born in the US but their both love the taste of bajan foods. Thanks for watching, and enjoy your evening.
I remember my great aunt use to make it mellory ! I tried explaining this to my Trinidadian, so instead I made it for him. He loved it. In Trinidad they put carrots and peppers etc in the coucou. I say that’s not coucou. You either sit in liking your coucou firm or soft, I prefer mine more on the firm side so that you make a spoon indentation on the top which holds the gravy. Wow yum. Tina I’m making coucou this weekend. Tks
Girl a lot of good memories seem to be popping up for you, go make you some cou cou. Enjoy.
I bought 2 cou cou sticks years ago on vacation to Barbados. I made cou cou last week for the very first time using this video. It came out perfect 👌. I gave some to my older family friend who usually makes it for me. She LOVED IT. Thanks very much. Keep up the great work 👍.
Hi Deb, I am so glad to hear your cou cou came out great. You used your cou cou sticks and even got a stamp of approval which made it even better yeah 😀I am always happy when I know people try my recipes especially for the first time and it comes out great, that tells me I'm doing something good, that helps others and believe me it is all worth it. Thank you for watching and trying the recipe 😍
I am so proud to be a Bajan!
Thank you for this :)
Yes me too! I am also proud to be a Bajan. Glad you were able to watch!
I found your channel a few weeks ago and I am hooked . I really enjoy your videos and cou cou is my favorite meal n whenever I go home to Barbados my mum would have my cou cou waiting for me with a cup of tea. My mum passed away 3 years ago I miss her so much . Tomorrow is her birthday and I am going to cook cou cou with Canned salmon. God bless
Jackie sorry to hear about your mom, I lost my mom last year so I understand your feelings it's never easy when you lose someone you love, but doing something in her memory that reminds you of those special moments you had together will last for ever. Enjoy your cou cou and salmon, your mom is smiling down at you. Thanks for watching and God bless.
Looks good,I would add a piece of sweet potatoes ,more gravy for me and some pepper sauce Thanks for the video
Mildred you are absolutely right! Cou cou is all about the gravy, a sweet potato would have been nice and of course I have a bottle of my good old bajan pepper sauce.
Good job! I absolutely LOVE me some Cou-Cou and I was glad to learn from my mother how to make it while she was still alive.
I have about 2 Cou-Cou sticks which I’ve had for many years, but since 2008, I decided to start using a WHISK! Since using that, I’ve never went back to using my Cou-Cou sticks again, and my cou-cou ALWAYS comes out smooth - not one lump! Cheers!
That is awesome! I was surprise to at how mind came out without lumps, I was getting ready to use the mixer but as you see there was no need to, it came out perfect with that little spoon, as long as the cou cou comes out smooth and tasty, that's all that matters. Thanks for watching be bless.
You go girl, I make coo coo also. My dad & family are Bajan and that’s the way they made it too
Wonderful, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching.
I loved and enjoy your video, remembering my grandmother, I'm panamanian but with Bajan roots and I had the opportunity to taste that delicious Bajan dish.
Hi Gretta, my great grand mother and grand father lived in panama for years working on the panama canal, I hope one day to be able to visit. You can give the cou cou a try, see if it still taste just as good.
@@Tinaraine Oh really, my great grand parents came from Barbados to work at the Panama Canal also. You have to come, it is an awsome experience. And sure I will give a try to the Cou-cou dish😋😄
@@grettab.torres5852 I would love to come, maybe when this covid is all over I will come and hopefully you can give me a tour of the panama canal,
I remember My mom had a coo coo stick back home lol
Hi Carol, most house holds in Barbados always have a cou cou stick, next time I go home I may see if my mother's is there and take it. I don't know what I'll do with it. I prefer my cou cou in the microwave, it's much faster and easier.
I love this dish so much
Thanks Akash, it's an old recipe that's very good.
i can watch you cook all day! my husband is bajan and the only chance i get to watch real bajan cook is when i get together with my mother in law!
my cou cou when i do it on the stove top often comes out green, i started doing it in the microwave but i think stove top taste better!
Hi Kayinw, It's just the meal that you use which turn the cou cou green, try using a different brand meal next time. I am glad you like my videos, Hopefully you find a meal on there that you can cook and surprise your husband with.I appreciate you watching. Have a bless weekend
You're right in bim we younger bajans still enjoy this dish it's the best 💕
Yes indeed, there's nothing like it. So glad you enjoy it. Thanks for watching.
Yassssss love you cou great content
Thank you for watching
First time watching your cooking show. You explain your instructions well
Thank you so much 🙂and welcome to the tinaraine family, I'm so glad you were able to watch. Please take a look at all the other dishes you'll find on here. Please dont forget to subscribe if you have not already done so. Enjoy the rest of your evening.
Dont hide it I see when ya turn round, in de U.S for "umpteen" years and still keep that Bajan bamsey. I love you tho and your instructions, tried the mac pie last time was marvelous so I subscribed just now when I came looking for a cou-cou recipe I remembered your face from the mac pie and said to myself I loved her, clarity, diction, honesty, you remind me a touch of Carolyn Leacock the Bajan singer, it was good coming across your cook show tho you have that guided knowledgeable essence with you.
This is amazing... Reminded me of my days as a child. This channel is 100% authentic Bajan! Thank you, Tinaraine.
Thank you Rodney! I try my best to bring original recipes, that some people need help making or just need a refreshers course. Thank you for watching. Enjoy the rest of your day.
I guess I'm bless, I have my grandmother's cou cou stick and bowl.
Great video.
Hi Harris You are bless, that is awesome! Even if you don't use them, you will always have them as a remembrance of her. Thank you so much for watching. Have a safe and blessed weekend
Thank you for this lovely recipe . I have just made it and it came out beautifully . I used fresh Salmon .
Hi Norma, so glad you enjoyed the recipe, its one of my favorites. Thanks so much for watching.
You are a real Bajan washing the top of the can. I enjoy my cou cou with a little sauce.
Girl you have to wash those tops, you have no idea what crawled on them. I can not eat cou cou with just a little sauce, once the sauce is done that's it for the cou cou, I don't want it anymore. Thanks for watching.
This is one of your dishes not completed lol.Remember cou cou is a island .Next your pot should be steaming when you finish it should have a mellow texture and complete in a ball don’t forget a spoon in the middle.My grandmother style 100+5 Bajan. By the way we don’t soak our meals .That young people who learn it at the schools.
Oh you poured away all the flavour! The water comes from when the salmon is steamed in the can. I find the red salmon gravy is even better than the pink. My mouth is drooling!
I poured away the water because I believe It has too much sodium
you are such a delight your cooking make me happy,I miss Bajan food
Thank you so much, that's nice of you to say. Where do you live ?
You can put pepper sauce on the cou cou when you are ready to eat it. Cut back on the salt a bit
I put pepper sauce on everything especially cou cou. And yes definingly have to cut back on the salt. To much salt not good for any body.
I was also going to say you are my first subscription of u tube. You are very explanatory with your videos you really do a very good job!!
Thank you so much Jackie🙂
Loveeee your videos! Will b trying this and the pudding and souse asap. Thank you!
Keitha TheBajanTexan Great! please let me know how it comes out
I am sorry for the loss of your mother.. I know the feeling so 🙏well my mother cooked cou cou and okras.... she's been called to rest 5 years now July 2016 RIP Mummy I also loved her macaroni pie, and best of all her souse delish!!!
Thank you very much. My mom was also a very good cook and one of her favorite things to cook on weekend was cou cou. Most of her friends remember her for that. Thank you so much for watching
I had a friend when I was growing up in the Boston area who used to tell me how his grandmother kept the kids behaving in the kitchen. She would threaten them with "I give you bahand slap with my cou cou spoon!".
I never knew what a cou cou spoon was until now!
You did not want a backhand slap with a cou cou stick, those older people did not make idle threats, If they say that's what was coming if the behavior did not change, you can best believe it was coming. Thanks for watching.
Yummy
I’m so sorry to hear you lost your dear Mum🙏🏽
I lost mine in 2016😢🙏🏽
She was also a brilliant cook, I’m still learning!
Thank you Sandrine!
My cou cou finally "made it" after watching your video...Thanks.
Great job!
thank you so much for the stories and the cooking
Glad you like them!
I enjoyed your video one again.
Hi Carole, Glad to hear that! Thanks for watching and hopefully you will continue to watch. Have a blessed and peaceful evening.
Hi tinaraine I just found your channel tonight and I love it I'm bajan as well plz keep making more videos. 😍😍😍💗💗💗
Hi Alisha, Thanks for watching., I will. When I get comments like yours, it lets me know I am doing the right thing.
Hi I'm new here and I love all u making I'm here watching video after video lol I love love it I use to live in Barbados and I cook the meal from there some times for my husband and children and I will try this omg and i love 123 too plz make a video thank u so much ur a natural❤❤❤❤❤❤
Welcome!! Thank you for being here and welcome to the tinaraine family. If you like cornmeal you're going to love that dish it's delicious. I am not sure what 123 is, maybe it has another name let me know. Thanks again for watching. Be bless.
@@Tinaraine 123 is macaroni, potatoes and corn beef.
You did an amazing job my Friend, enjoy your cou cou, and have a blessed morning. Xo
Thank you my friend!
It looks delicious,keep bringing your food.
Thank you, I will
Nice video. New to this channel. I love cou cou
Hi Jennifer Thanks and welcome to the tinaraine family! I appreciate you being here don't forget to sub. Have a blessed and Happy Easter weekend
Looks yummy 😋
Thank you Valorie
I've had this with bacalao. :-)
That's what we sometimes serve it with, we call it salt-fish, it good
My granmother used to say when the stick stays upright in the coucou it done
Your grandmother was right, that's an old saying that people still use today. Thank you so much Christopher for watching. Have a fabulous weekend.
The Italian called it Polenta.
Thanks for the feedback. Is there a video on making Jug Jug ? This is the one that I was shocked to find out that most of our young people know nothing about this dish, can you imagine meeting young Bajans who have never heard of or tasted Jug Jug thats like saying where is Brownes beach !
when ya know what ya doing ya dont need a cou cou stick. can use a wooden spactula
Hi Tina,that cou cou looks real inviting, I made the same thing for Good Friday.
I usually make it a few times per year with the canned salmon as well, can't get any of Barbados fish here (Canada) but it comes out good anywayl, how about a slice of(real ) sweet potato along side it.
You must try the microwave version,
I learn that from my sister in the UK.
Hi Erla, A nice bowl of cou cou every once in awhile with some salmon gravy and hot pepper sauce is always inviting, especially with that sweet potato yum yum. Thanks for watching.
This looks amazing!
Thank you Alice, it was amazing and pretty easy to make, it came out good with just that wooden stick.
Hi Tinaraine - I plan on cooking cou cou and red herring tomorrow and thought I would watch your recipe. I realize that you didn't say that you couldn't and flying fish is Barbados National dish as education for non Bajans who might be watching. Also, you discarded of the salmon water from the can but added water from the tap. Could you have mused the salmon water as well? Just asking..
Hi Jacqueline, good night thank you for watching! The reason I threw the salmon water away is because of the sodium, I know the can water is flavorful but I worry about the sodium content. red herring and cou cou sounds great please enjoy.
BIG UP Barbados!!!!!🇧🇧🇧🇧👍🏽👍🏽
Yes big up Bim!!!
I love it, I love it
When it start to thunder the kids used to say the devil and his wife fighting for the cou cou stick. 😂
Lol I remember that, those were fun days
U issa a real bajan fah real because only we say for the umpteen time lol
But this is an easy way to do it because mine always gets lumps ..thank you
I am a true Bajan at heart, may not be living on the island but you cant take the bajan outta me, to many memories 😂 Thanks for watching. I also have a cou cou made in the microwave video up. Its a much easier and faster way, whenever you're in the mood for some cou cou. Enjoy the rest of your evening
hi tina how are i want to know if two cups of fruits is good for one pan of black cake i want to make a cake for cxmas
I'm assuming you'll be making 1/2 lb. of cake which will give you one pan. 2 cup of fruits are excellent, that should be enough. Happy Baking
You can USD a mixer In the pot to BET out the lumps
Love ur channel
Thank you!
very wise, i wash everyting
I still cook all my bajanfood
Hi Diana, You know the old saying, you can take the girl out of Barbados but you cant take Barbados out of the girl. I love my bajan food to.
We call it funge in Antigua. In Jamaica they cal it tun corn mil😂😂😂😂😅😅😅
Good morning, I know the name turn corn meal, but not the name funge lol. Its a great meal, I love it.
My condolences to you and family, I lost my mom too
Anora, It's never an easy thing to lose someone you love, but I cherish the great memories I have of her and I'm sure you do to with your mom. Thank you for your condolences and I extend the same to you. Be bless
Hi tinaraine I know what is cou cou it is so good
It's good, but it is an acquired taste if you've never had it before
Okay
Hi I found your cou cou method very helpful. Can you freeze cou cou?
Yes you can! bring it back to room temperature and restream it
Making cou cou today, I think my mother use her cou cou stick more on me than in the cou cou. I am in The Netherlands and all my kids were born here, when they are being naughty, I say to them don’t let me get the cou cou stick, ( which I don’t have) or they don’t know what I am referring too but they know I mean business.
Those people took what the bible say literally spare the rod and spoil the child, my grandmother would beat you with any thing that was close to her hand. She was something else. The Netherlands! you went far away from home. I am hoping to do a bit more traveling as soon as things clear up, maybe I'll visit you over there. Let me know how your cou cou comes out. Thanks for watching. Be bless
Cou cou turned out delicious but I forgot how heavy that is in your tummy, I ate like 6 hours ago and still very full. You are more than welcome to visit.
@@msbarbados68 Sorry I missed this message but cou cou is heavy on the stomach, but it doesn't last long
YUMMY 😋 THANKS YOU GOODNESS 🌟 SALMON CORNMEAL COOP ... AMAZING ❤️🖤💚🤎 FAMILY DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜,
Daphne thank you for watching! That is a dish that’s made in Barbados, it taste great but if you’ve never tried it before, you may need an acquired taste. Have a great evening
Close to Jamaica Turn Cornmeal.
Another cou cou question for you . How long does cou cou stay good in the freezer?
Thanks
Not sure Janice, I would probably leave it for up to a couple weeks and enjoy it with a fresh gravy
U can put the cou cou with the gravy in a plastic container and freeze it for months. When ur ready for it just defrost and heat in the microwave. Tastes like new. Lol
Wat type of stamina drink u make in Barbados 🇧🇧?
If you check out my other videos you'll see I made a few health drinks, Try the beet juice for stamina, or if you want to be a bit more adventurous try the golden milk.
Shaun when I was younger and I visited Barbados they made a drink of Guinness, milk, eggs and vanilla extract. They also added some seeds to it, however I can't remember the name of the seeds
Cou-Cou and flying fish is our national dish not pudding and souse as I heard you say while you were making the souse.
Thanks Esther, I was corrected a few times on that, but pudding and souse I think should be one of our national dishes because it's cooked so often.
Is that course or fine cornmeal?
Hi Eric it's fine cornmeal
@@Tinaraine Thank you I will have to pick some up.
Yep i no i from trinidad
😍 You're our next door neighbor
What a blast thanks for doing this but how can you memorialize the cou-cou stick and not tell the folks what else " mom" would use it for ? When mom said bring the cou-cou stick and it was not meal prep day you knew you were going to get some blows! Lol!. The cou_cou stick however has been retired or at least in these parts my wife now uses a blender its fast,effective and you do not even break into a sweat; and yes for plating do use a plastic bowl to shape your creation and make your volcano with a central hole to capture all that gravy. Finish off the plate with sliced cucumber and sweet potato. Forever Bajan!
Hi Clem, you are so right about that cou cou stick lol! when your mom got mad and she said go bring the cou cou stick you start crying cause you know she was not about to stir no cou cou.😂 Yes the blender is much faster, it makes the meal nice and smooth and you add a nice gravy and as you said a piece of sweet potato and some cucumber, Oh so good. Thank you for watching your forever Bajan sister.
Looks tasty but where is the gravy
I know, Cou Cou needs lots of gravy.
I couldn't see the cornmeal go into the bowl! I've been washing all cans, bottles etc for years you're right rats run around these warehouse passing urine.. I know that for a fact.. You can buy the cou cou stick on your next visit to Barbados😊When was your last visit?
Hi A&J , I find a blender works just as well and take away all that extra muscle work. My last visit to Barbados was about 3 years ago. I’m waiting for the virus to go away before I start traveling again. Thanks for watching
And your accent has not changed.
40 years living in the US and It hasn't change, I love it. 😊
I made my cou cou with a lobster gravy
I just told my daughter what you said about making cou cou with a lobster gravy and she started dancing. lol
I'll
Use the juice in the can too…,,you just threw all that good flavored can water away and used plain water instead… !
The reason I threw it away, is because of the sodium, lots of salt is added to can foods to help prolong shelf life,
I hated this as a child, I think mostly because of the okras, still don’t like okra so I just use the liquid to stir my meal and yeah I use a mixer to stir it, ain’t letting that break my boney hands.
LOL I hear you! I was about to use a mixer but I was surprise at how well that spoon was working. As a kid I did not like it either, but now its one of my favorite meals. Thanks for watching Be bless.
You need a small bowl a little gravy in the bowl to make a ball to put on the plate, also sweet potato can be served with it
Praose the Lord
My sympathy to you concerning your mother be incourage Jesus loves you
Bklyn Ny I am praying for you
Hi Orla, Thank you so much! she died about 3 years ago, but I still miss her a lot.
Adopt me 😭😭😭😭😭🥺🥺🥺😭
You usiedli to much salt
next time blend the cornmeal in a blender
Actually Peter, I was thinking of using a hand mixer to blend it, but to my surprise it came out really well with that wooden spoon
@@Tinaraine cool
Close to Jamaica Turn Cornmeal.