What is Ladob?
'''Ladob''' is a food in the [[Seychelles]]. It is eaten either as a [[savoury]] dish or as a [[dessert]]. It is a [[staple food]]. Many people eat it several times a week. The dessert version is made from ripe [[plantain]] and [[Sweet potato|sweet potatoes]]. It may have [[cassava]], [[breadfruit]] or even [[soursop|corossol]]. It is [[Boil|boiled]] with [[coconut milk]], sugar, [[nutmeg]] and [[vanilla]] pods until the fruit is soft and the sauce is creamy<ref>Carpin, Sarah, ''Seychelles'', Odyssey Guides, p.77, 1998, The Guidebook Company Limited, retrieved 4 June 2008</ref> The savory version usually includes salted fish, cooked like the dessert version, with plantain, cassava and breadfruit, but with salt instead of sugar and without vanilla. It can be served hot or cold. ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Seychellois food]]