Chop-Up (Traditional Antiguan Vegetable Mash)

📝 Ingredients

• 4 medium eggplant (peeled and diced)
• 8 ounces callaloo (substitute whole leaf spinach - not baby spinach roughly chopped)
• 1 lb pumpkin (peeled and medium diced)
• 3 garlic cloves (finely diced)
• 1 small onion (finely diced)
• 2 ounces butter (1/2 stick )
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper (black pepper )

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. Peel and chop eggplant and pumpkin into medium-sized pieces.
2. Heat butter and add onions and garlic in a medium sized pot set to medium to high heat. Sauté for 2 minutes until softened but not browned.
3. Add pumpkin and eggplant. Sauté for an additional two to three minutes.
4. Add water just to cover the vegetables. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer and cook until the vegetables are soft.
5. Add the chopped spinach, stir and cook for an additional 3 minutes.
6. Pour the vegetable mixture into a colander and let drain.
7. After vegetable mixture has been drained return it to the pot and mash vigorously with a potato masher or a thick whisk.
8. Add salt and pepper. Adjust seasoning to taste.