Are you tired of the same old , same old , cream of wheat or even oatmeal for breakfast? Try mixing it up with this nice and hot Trinidadian cornmeal porridge for a change. it’s filled with Caribbean spices like cardamon, ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon with sweetened condensed and evaporated milk.
Every household or family have their own version and way of making this porridge, this is just my version which I love calling this porridge The Perfect Trinidadian Cornmeal Porridge because of the smoothness and the spice ratio combination, it’s just perfect.
If you make yours another way, just leave it in the comments as I will love to know.
Boil Cinnamon , Bay Leaves and other spices for 10 – 12 minutes
The water will turn sort of brownish because of the cinnamon and other spices, so don’t be alarmed
If you’re looking for a healthier version of my cornmeal recipe, just go here
Simply Caribbean
Serves 2
Delicious and filling comfort porridge for a great breakfast! or an afternoon drink snack.
5 minPrep Time
15 minCook Time
20 min
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Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups water, divided
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup fine yellow cornmeal
- 1/2 cup evaporated milk
- 1/4 teaspoon butter or margarine
- 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon for sprinkling on top
Method
- Pour 1 cup water into a saucepan over Medium-high heat, add bay leaves and cinnamon stick, boil for 10 minutes.
- Stir in cardamon, nutmeg, ginger and salt.
- Meanwhile
- Pour 1/2 cup of cornmeal into a bowl, add 1 cup water to the cornmeal and stir well, set aside
- Once the 10 minutes is up. reduce the heat to very low and stir in the cornmeal mixture, whisking continuously for approximately 2-3 minutes to avoid any lumps.
- Continue stirring until mixture starts to thicken
- Add evaporated milk and stir
- Ass butter and stir
- Add sweetened condensed milk and keep stirring and mixing until everything is combined together.
- Allow to simmer for approximately 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Taste and add more spices as needed
- Remove cinnamon sticks and bay leaves and pour into bowls
- Sprinkle with ground cinnamon and serve hot.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Notes For a different texture, toss in a handful of raisins, dried bananas or dried cranberries. A few pecans or walnuts can add some crunch to your porridge. I added, ground cinnamon, dried cranberries to my porridge ..Try it.
Nayna Kanabar
February 23, 2019 at 5:19 am