Curry Bodi & Aloo is a classic Trinbagonian meal that is delicious, affordable and best of all, vegan! Bodi or long bean is a great legume to use in curries and stir fries. I got this particular bundle from Kathleen on a visit to Kaleb’s Farm in Santa Cruz. Curry Bodi & Aloo Ingredients 2… Continue reading Curry Bodi & Aloo
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Green Fig & Pigeon Peas Stew
Green fig or green bananas grow across Trinidad & Tobago but never seem to be popular in food conversations. We typically use rice, flour, potato, dasheen, cassava and other ground provisions for the starch component in meals. However, last year I started using more green fig in my everyday cooking as they are a great… Continue reading Green Fig & Pigeon Peas Stew
Curry Breadfruit
This amazing vegetarian curry breadfruit recipe uses simple ingredients to create layers of deliciousness. Although this is a dish I love to eat I rarely get the opportunity to make it. Creating this curry breadfruit was a great exercise in using an array of ingredients to build rich and complex flavors. Curry Breadfruit Ingredients 1… Continue reading Curry Breadfruit
Fry Bake
This fry bake recipe is the result of valuable feedback I got from a kitchen experiment. I set out to test the effectiveness of yeast vs baking powder in a fry bake recipe. In that first video I found yeast was my preferred leavening agent for making fry bake. But there was some merit to… Continue reading Fry Bake
Sweet Potato Soup
This Sweet Potato Soup is a great one pot recipe that delivers amazing flavor in every spoonful. Packed with fresh ingredients and a spice blend that adds a depth a flavor to the overall profile of the dish; this soup is definitely one to add to your Souper Saturday repertoire. The creamy and hearty finish… Continue reading Sweet Potato Soup
Curry Aloo
Curry Potato or Curry Aloo was one of my favorite meals as a child. Even through out teenage years to adulthood a potato roti was my default. However these days I’m more of a dhalpuri and meat sauce kinda person. It came as a bit of a shock to realize that we didn’t have a… Continue reading Curry Aloo
Black Beans & Rice Cookup
I could easily call this Black Beans & Rice Cookup a Black Beans Pelau but I didn’t want to start another Pelau War #neverforget, but this dish looks very much like a pelau although it doesn’t feature the signature caramelizing of brown sugar step in the process that pelau is known for. This is a… Continue reading Black Beans & Rice Cookup
Trini Caponata “Vegan Stew”
This “raid the fridge” recipe resulted in a Trini Caponata “Vegan Stew” which is a twist on the Sicilian dish, Caponata. Caponata typically uses ingredients like eggplant, fresh tomatoes and green olives. I decided to give my version a remix by adding channa (chick peas) and black olives. You can follow the recipe to recreate… Continue reading Trini Caponata “Vegan Stew”
Plantain Porridge
I came up with this recipe for Plantain Porridge after a failed attempt at making fufu a couple weeks ago and it turned out so good that I decided to do a video on how to prepare it. Honestly I don’t know how the thought of doing thing never occurred to me before but as… Continue reading Plantain Porridge