Duckanoo
Introduction '''Duckunoo''' or '''duckanoo''', also referred to as '''tie-a-leaf''', '''blue drawers''' (draws), '''dokonon''' (in French Guiana), and '''dukunou''' (in Haiti) is a dessert in Jamaica, Antigua and  Barbuda, Barbados, French Guiana and some other Lesser Antilles. It is a variation on the dish ducana which originated in Africa. The Caribbean cuisine dish is made from batata, sweet potato, coconut, spices and brown sugar, all tied up in a banana leaf. It is then cooked in boiling water.Duckanoo is a relatively new name for some that was added to the name "tie a leaf". However, the names vary depending on location in various islands. "Ducana" is the Antiguan/Barbudan as well as some of the smaller Caribbean islands name of this dumpling or dessert.
History Similar to the Meso American 'dulce de tamale', this was a highly popular indigenous dessert in the Americas. Adapted by the Afro-Caribbean people (who were brought to Antigua and Barbuda as well as other Caribbean Islands in the slave trade), who used ingredients such as eddoes, okra, dasheen, eggplant, and the bonavista bean are used. In Ghana, ducana is dokono, and in the Twi language, Odokono.
Variations Dukuna is a small pudding made of varying mixtures of grated sweet potatoes, coconut, cornmeal and plantain-flour. (From Akan: doko na sweeten mouth Twi: boiled maize Ga: Adangme dokona).
See also * Asham* Ducana* List of desserts* List of dumplings
References
External links *  Ducana*  Culture – Antigua history