Healthy Vegan - Caribbean Coconut Vegetable 'Rundown': Squash, Peppers, Sweetcorn and Greens
I've read about 'Rundowns' in a number of my vegetarian cookbooks, to name a few: Delicious Jamaica ; Caribbean & African Cookery , and The Rasta Cookbook , but never got round to making any of the recipes in these cookbooks at home. But when I saw it on the menu at a restaurant in the big, bustling and diverse city of Bristol, England, I just had to have it. We went there a couple of years back with friends from Brittany. I had the Rastafari Rundown with butter beans, corn cob, greens carrot, sweet potato, herbs, coconut milk served with Rice'n'peas and fried dumplings. It came in an oval shaped enamel pot. It was my first time and it was really good. However, the second time we went there, it was not so good - the rice was not good at all and sadly the dumplings were stale, we never went back again. Anyway, a 'rundown' is a method of reducing coconut milk slowly to achieve a thick creamy sauce, it is usually cooked with meat, fish