Add seasonings and lime juice.

Serve chilled over lettuce.

Boil in water with chopped chayote, carrots, and minced garlic. Cook for 30 min and add water if needed.

Add remaining ingredients and simmer another 30 min.

Mix flour, baking powder,salt,coconut, sugar and the raisins together in a bowl. Add egg, evaporated milk, margarine and almond essence and mix together well until you have a firm dough.

Divide dough in half and fill loaf pans.

Mix 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1 tablespoon of hot water and brush mixture over the loaves.
Bake in center of oven for about 1 hour or until skewer inserted into center comes out clean.
Let cool in the pans before removing and serving.