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If tapado is the dish visitors ask for, hudut is the one Garifuna families name first. It’s the signature dish of the Garifuna people, cooked in Livingston and every Garifuna community from Honduras to New York, and on this three-hour class you make both halves of it yourself.
Hudut is two things served side by side. First the mash: green and ripe plantains, boiled then pounded in a tall wooden mortar until they come together in a smooth, dense ball. Second the broth: fish simmered in fresh coconut milk with basil, culantro and pepper. The word hudut means “it has been pounded,” and once you’ve worked the pestle you’ll understand why the name is about the mash and not the fish. You eat it the traditional way, tearing off pieces of plantain and dipping them in the broth, with your hands.
Traditionally the women cook and the men do the pounding, though on this class everyone takes a turn at the mortar. It’s harder than it looks.
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Three hours making hudut from scratch with a Garifuna cook, then eating it with your hands the traditional way. You’ll pound the plantains in a wooden mortar and build the coconut fish broth that goes beside them. It runs in English, with Spanish on request, for groups of 1 to 15, private or shared. Everything starts at the Dibasei office.
Meeting point
The Dibasei office in Livingston. Walk over if you’re staying in town, or come in by lancha if you’re visiting just for the tour.
The signature dish of the Garifuna people: mashed green and ripe plantains served beside fish simmered in coconut broth. It’s eaten by hand and cooked across every Garifuna community.
It means “it has been pounded,” after the mashed plantains at the center of the dish.
Hudut serves the pounded plantain mash beside a coconut fish broth, in two parts. Tapado is a one-pot stew where everything simmers together. Different dishes, same coastal pantry.
None. The cook guides every step, including the pounding, so first-timers finish with a full plate of hudut.
English by default. Spanish is available on request, so mention it when you reserve.
We do our best to accommodate for all guests, but please keep in mind that hudut is a fish based soup.
