Mannish Water
HB-4243 · Hand-built original · Jamaican
A traditional Jamaican goat head soup simmered with pumpkin, yam, coco, green banana, cho cho and Irish potato, seasoned with thyme, scallion, pimento and Scotch bonnet, with small dumplings added. It is served hot as an appetiser at large gatherings such as wakes, weddings and parties.
Main ingredient: goat head
Serving count not stated for this recipe, so quantities are shown as written.
Ingredients
- 1 goat head, cleaned and chopped into pieces
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 large carrot, chopped
- 2 green bananas, sliced (with peel on) (Optional)
- 1 1/2 lbs. Yam
- 1 1/2 lbs. Pumpkin
- 1 1/2 lbs Coco
- 1 small Cho Cho, chopped
- 2 stalks of scallion, chopped
- 1 scotch bonnet pepper
- 4 cups water
- 2 sprigs of thyme
- 1 teaspoon Pimento Seeds
- 2 tbsp. cooking oil
- 3 small Irish Potatoes, chopped
- 1 pack of ram goat (mannish water) soup mix
- 1 cup flour to make dumplings
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 cups Flour
- 1/2 cup Water
- 1/4 teaspoon Sea Salt (use any salt)
Method
- Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat.
- Add the onion, garlic, scallion and thyme and cook until the onions are soft, about 5 minutes.
- Add the goat head, water, pimento seeds, pumpkin, Scotch bonnet pepper, salt and pepper to the pot.
- Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for about 2 hours, or until the meat is tender.
- Add the sliced green bananas, carrots, yams and Irish potatoes, the cho cho, the coco, the spinner dumplings and the ram goat (mannish water) soup mix, and cook for about 30 minutes.
- Remove the Scotch bonnet pepper and thyme sprigs.
- Serve hot.
Nutrition not computed — no serving count in the source recipe (per-serving values cannot be derived without one).