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Surinamese Cassava and Coconut Dessert (Bojo)

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Difficulty: medium

Categories: Dessert, Vegetarian

Tags: easy, recipes for dessert, recipes using butter, recipes using cassava, recipes using egg, recipes using ground cinnamon, recipes using sugar, recipes with metric units, recipes without cooking time, recipes without servings, surinamese, vegetarian

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3ASurinamese_Cassava_and_Coconut_Dessert_%28Bojo%29)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3ASurinamese%20Cassava%20and%20Coconut%20Dessert%20%28Bojo%29&oldid=4587351

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

  • 1 kg cassava
  • 1 coconut
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon almond essence
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla essence
  • 200 grams sugar
  • 75 grams butter
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 big glass milk
  • 100 grams raisins

Directions

  1. Peel and grate the cassava. Grate the white coconut meat.
  2. Beat the eggs and sugar until firm. Add the vanilla and almond essence.
  3. Combine the eggs and sugar with the grated coconut and cassava.
  4. Add the cinnamon, milk, raisins and salt.
  5. Melt the butter and add it to the mixture.
  6. Rub the dish you want to use with butter or use Pam.
  7. Put the mixture in the dish. Put the dish in a pre-heated oven at 350°F (175°C). Bake the Bojo for about an hour. It needs to be firm on top but not dry on the inside.

Notes

Sprinkle some cinnamon on top of the bojo before serving.