{"title":"Tropical Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003eTropical Sun is a British brand of Caribbean and African groceries, sold in shops and supermarkets across the UK. Its range covers the seasonings, flours, tins and dairy that Jamaican, Nigerian and Ghanaian households cook with, and it sits naturally beside our South Asian shelves in a multicultural corner of east London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Tropical Sun lines we carry span \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/seasonings\"\u003eseasonings\u003c\/a\u003e, including jerk, meat and everyday blends, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/milk-powder\"\u003emilk powder\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/condensed-and-evaporated-milk\"\u003econdensed milk\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/fufu-and-gari\"\u003egari\u003c\/a\u003e and flavouring \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/essences\"\u003eessences\u003c\/a\u003e. Most of the range is aimed at everyday family cooking, with seasonings for weekly marinades and dairy that keeps without a fridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJerk seasoning is rubbed into chicken or pork with lime and spring onion before grilling, and the meat and everyday blends season curry goat, stew chicken and rice and peas. Ijebu gari, the sharp, crunchy cassava granule from south west Nigeria, is soaked in cold water with sugar and groundnuts as a snack, or stirred into boiling water to make eba for egusi and okra soup. Full cream milk powder makes tea and porridge, and Indian cooks use it for barfi and gulab jamun dough. Condensed milk sweetens Caribbean punches and quick kalakand, and orange essence flavours cakes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClose seasoning jars tightly and keep them away from the steam of the hob, and spoon milk powder with a dry scoop so it does not clump. To compare, browse the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/anchor\"\u003eAnchor\u003c\/a\u003e milk powder shelf and our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/salt-and-seasonings\"\u003esalt and seasonings\u003c\/a\u003e range.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tropical-sun-ijebu-gari-1-5kg","title":"Tropical Sun Ijebu Gari 1.5kg","description":"\u003cp\u003eIjebu gari is the fine, sharp-tasting style of cassava gari named after the Ijebu area of south-west Nigeria. The cassava is grated, fermented for longer than ordinary white gari, then pressed and toasted, which gives it a crisp, sour bite that many West African households will not swap for anything milder. Tropical Sun pack it in a 1.5kg bag for eba, soaked gari and snacking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow to use it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor eba, bring water to a rolling boil in a pan, pour the gari in a little at a time and stir hard with a wooden spoon until it forms a smooth, stiff dough with no dry pockets. Cover for a minute, turn it once more and serve with egusi, okra or ogbono soup. For soaked gari, add cold water to a bowl of gari with sugar, a pinch of salt and a handful of roasted groundnuts, and leave for a minute or two to swell. Milk or evaporated milk makes it richer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGood to know\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFermented cassava gari, Ijebu style\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSour and fine grained, good for soaking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePacked for Specialist Foods, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1.5kg bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrefer a plain flour for fufu? See \u003ca href=\"\/products\/heera-cassava-flour-1kg\"\u003eHeera Cassava Flour 1kg\u003c\/a\u003e, or browse all our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/fufu-and-gari\"\u003efufu and gari\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tropical Sun","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55206958006611,"sku":null,"price":3.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1101\/7433\/9411\/files\/tropical-sun-ijebu-gari-1.5kg-front.png?v=1791181188"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1101\/7433\/9411\/collections\/brand-tropical-sun.png?v=1790847747","url":"https:\/\/chandrastores.co.uk\/collections\/tropical-sun.oembed","provider":"Chandra Stores","version":"1.0","type":"link"}