Seminole Recipes

Recipes From the
Seminole Tribe of Florida / Billie Swamp Safari

Every culture has its unique and particular foods and ways of preparing them. Many Seminole people are excellent cooks and food preparers, who specialize in both native and non-native food. Here are some of our best recipes:

Seminole Pumpkin bread
Light Oil
Self Rising Flour
1 Can of Plain Pumpkin (not spicy)
Sugar
Heat a deep, large frying pan with light oil about 1/4" from the top. In a large bowl, pour in self-rising flour - half the bowl;1 can pumpkin (plain) not spicy; Mix with sugar according to how sweet you like your bread; Pour the pumpkin into the flour. Knead the pumpkin with the flour until workable with the hands without sticking. Then pull apart balls and pat flat patties the size of your palms; When the oil is very hot, drop a tiny piece of the batter and if it cooks instantly you are ready to put a patty or patties into the skillet; Fry until it turns golden brown and turn over; Put onto plate with several napkins to catch the excess oil; Use a tooth pick to check the doneness, if gooey, put back and fry a little more. Good Luck! You'll get better with practice. -- Peggy Osceola

Indian Fried Bread
Oil
Self Rising FlourWater
Put flour in large bowl, use one hand to mix the flour while slowly adding water with other hand. You don't need to measure anything. Add the water till the mixture is slightly sticky (you don't want it really wet) If you added too much water just add some more flour. Once you have your dough you need to heat up your oil. This is important! Your oil has to be very hot. Put the oil in a large deep pan. You need enough oil (like 2 1\2 inches deep) the bread should be able to float. Once you have heated your oil up, flour your hands and tear off some of your dough (you can make them as big or as small as you like) Knead the dough in your hands so it’s like a pancake. Keep adding flour to your hands so it’s not sticking. Carefully add the dough to the oil. Remember the oil is hot so don't drop it in. It should only take like 5 seconds on each side. Use a fork to pick it up and turn it over. It should be golden brown color. Place on a paper towel to drain excess oil.
Making fry bread takes a lot of practice. You probably won't make the best fry bread the first time. Just keep trying. --
Erica Miner

Sofkee
2 quarts of water
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups of white rice
3 tablespoon cornstarch
Bring 2 quarts of water to a boil; add 2 cups of rice and 3 tablespoons of cornstarch, stirring occasionally to prevent rice from sticking to the bottom. Boil for approximately 12 minutes, lower heat then add teaspoon of baking soda stir frequently until rice is tender. Set and cool until tolerable temperature.