Ducana

Name: Ducana
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients: 500g sweet potato, grated; 100g plain flour; 100g desiccated coconut; 4 tbsp sugar; 1 tsp cinnamon; pinch nutmeg; banana leaves for wrapping

Sweet boiled potato dumplings wrapped in banana leaves with coconut and sugar — an Antiguan traditional side.

Total time

55 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

35 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Caribbean

Vegan

Ingredients

500gsweet potato, grated

100gplain flour

100gdesiccated coconut

4 tbspsugar

1 tspcinnamon

pinchnutmeg

banana leavesfor wrapping

Instructions

Mix sweet potato, flour, coconut, sugar and spices.

Soften banana leaves over a flame.

Spoon filling onto each leaf and wrap, tying with banana leaf strips.

Simmer in water 30–35 minutes.

Serve warm alongside saltfish.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

440

Protein

6.6g

Fat

18.3g

Carbs

65.5g

Fiber

9.9g

Sodium

79mg

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