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Fish Broth
A light, peppery Trinidad fish soup with ground provisions, green fig and spinner dumplings. The fish goes in last, so it stays in tender pieces.
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One-Pot Meals
Some of the best Trinbago food comes out of a single pot. These recipes feed a crowd with less washing up, starting with the Sunday classic: pelau.
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Cow Heel Soup
Cow heel simmered until meltingly tender, then made into a thick soup with split peas, pumpkin, provisions and dumplings. A slow, hearty pot.
Bhagi Rice with Pigtails
Rice cooked with bhagi greens, salted pigtails and coconut milk until soft, green and full of flavour. Salt fish or salt beef can take the pigtails' place.
Breadfruit Oil Down
Breadfruit, salted pigtails and dasheen bush bhagi cooked slowly in coconut milk until the milk is absorbed and leaves only its oil in the pot. One pot, no stirring, and a crowd fed.
Ochro Rice with Pigtails
Rice cooked with ochro (okra), salted pigtails and coconut milk: a soft, savoury one-pot rice that is everyday food in Trinidad. Salt fish works just as well.
Trinidad Pelau
Chicken, rice and pigeon peas cooked together in one pot after a bath in dark caramelised sugar. The Sunday-lime, beach-day, feed-everybody dish.
Trinidad Callaloo
Dasheen leaves, okra, pumpkin and coconut milk simmered until silky, then swizzled smooth. A Sunday-lunch essential.
Trinidad Corn Soup
A thick split-pea soup loaded with chunks of corn on the cob, small flour dumplings and vegetables. The late-night fete favourite.
Trinidad Macaroni Pie
Firm, sliceable baked macaroni and cheese with evaporated milk and a hint of pepper. Sunday lunch is not complete without it.
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