oca recipe; was: Re: [pbs] eureka! oca info
Jim McKenney (Wed, 21 Jul 2004 15:29:29 PDT)
At 01:34 PM 7/21/2004 -0700, Diane Whitehead wrote:
I decided to Google for oca recipes and found lots,
According to Cornucopia II, the leaves are edible. The tubers,
after a few days' drying in the sun to reduce oxalic acid, are eaten
raw, used in soups or stews, or candied like sweet potatoes. If they
are dried longer, they are eaten with honey or sugar cane as a
dessert.
I'm inspired! Here's a recipe I've thought up:
Camarones con Oca
1. Sauté deveined, shelled shrimp in garlic-infused olive oil. Set aside
when shrimp turn pink/red.
2. Slice oca crosswise into ovals.
3. Clean and stem a handful of cilantro.
4. Mix the oca and cilantro; squeeze over them the juice of a lime.
5. Chop the shrimp roughly.
6. Mix the shrimp with the cilantro-oca-lime mixture.
7. Use the mixture to fill freshly made corn tortillas.
I'm getting hungry just thinking about it - and the local oca source won't
have any until next week.
Jim McKenney
jimmckenney@starpower.net