Kolokassi

Name: Kolokassi
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 900 g (2 lb) taro; 2 red onions, chopped; 1 tablespoon butter; 100 ml (3½ fl oz) olive oil; 1 × 1.3 kg (3 lb) chicken, skinned and cut into 8 serving pieces; juice of 2 lemons; 30 g (1 oz) celery leaves, chopped; 2 heaped tablespoons tomato paste (puree)

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Falling Cloudberries

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2004

About

This is a Cypriot dish that we had often during my childhood. It is the taro that gives kolokassi its special flavour, although you could probably make it with another root vegetable like celeriac or even sweet potatoes. This is often made with chunks of pork instead of the chicken — you could use either.

Ingredients

900 g (2 lb) taro
100 ml (3½

Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Peel the taro. Don’t rinse it, but rub it clean with a damp cloth or kitchen paper. Cut the taro into chunks by just chipping into it with a sharp knife and then breaking off pieces of about 3 cm (an inch). Leave the taro pieces in a bowl wi