This black eyed peas & rice recipe is a great vegan dish to prepare for Old Years. Eating black eyed peas for Old Years/New Years Eve that has its roots in West African spiritual practices. This is a tradition has been handed down through generations that is still practiced today. You can throw in your… Continue reading Black Eyed Peas & Rice
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Vegan Roast
This is a great plant based recipe to try for the holiday season. This vegan roast uses a medley of pumpkin, plantain, aromatics, herbs and spices to deliver a dish that is sure to impress. This recipe can also be tweaked to your preference. You can add legumes, other vegetables and grains or even incorporate… Continue reading Vegan Roast
Lentil Pastelle
Adanna and her mom share an amazing recipe for lentil pastelle. These pastelles are the perfect plant based alternative to add to your line up this holiday season. Adanna Lewis is the owner of Ad-Yana Foods who specialize in vegan and vegetarian food products. They do limited orders of this lentil pastelle for Christmas so… Continue reading Lentil Pastelle
Moruga Hill Rice & Mushroom Pilaf
This Moruga Hill Rice & Mushroom Pilaf is a great recipe that uses ingredients I got from Market Movers. I usually find myself making my Curry Mushroom recipe so I wanted to try something different. This is an easy and delicious vegan rice dish that uses all local ingredients. You will definitely want to add… Continue reading Moruga Hill Rice & Mushroom Pilaf
Misir Wot
Misir Wot is a very popular Ethiopian dish. This red lentil stew is an amazing vegan dish that uses the ever popular Berbere spice to give it great depth of flavor. In this recipe we will be making our Berbere spice blend from scratch to add that authentic Ethiopian flavor to our Misir Wot. Berbere… Continue reading Misir Wot
Cooking Callaloo in Foreign
By Stephanie Ramlogan In 2018 I moved from Trinidad and came to Crown Heights, Brooklyn, a neighbourhood with plenty Caribbean influence. The small stretch of Nostrand Avenue in my immediate surroundings had at least three roti shops I knew about, and all of them sold doubles too. There were West Indian groceries stocked with Crix… Continue reading Cooking Callaloo in Foreign
Boil Channa
Boil Channa or “Cup Ah Channa” is a popular-ish snack in Trinidad & Tobago. The most popular boil channa spot I know that sells this tasty treat is “the bar” on Mission Road in San Juan. If you know you know. “Cup Ah Channa” is not the same as going to the doubles vendor and… Continue reading Boil Channa
Stew Red Beans
Stew red beans is a popular side dish in a typical Trini Sunday Lunch. Using the basic Trinbagonian mirepoix of onion, garlic, ginger & pimento is a good starting point for a great final product. For this recipe Baidawi adds a few extra ingredients to create a delicious stew red beans using a pressure cooker.… Continue reading Stew Red Beans
Pholourie
Pholourie is arguably T&T’s #1 street food snack that comes in a brown paper bag with a serving of sauce or chutney. For many of us, this “fried fritter” brings back childhood memories of Sunday evenings around the savannah. This tradition still continues, not only by the savannah but also at your favourite pie man… Continue reading Pholourie