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How To Make A Delicious Vegetarian Pelau

What is Pelau?  Pelau is a one pot cook rice with pigeon peas and any meat of your choice.  Generally chicken is used.  Beef or shrimp can be used.  In this video I would not be using any meat and will be making a vegetarian pelau. Ingredients1 can of pigeon peas1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar2 […]

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How To Cook Fresh Pigeon Peas | Stew Fresh Pigeon Peas Recipe

how to make stew fresh pigeon peas When pigeon peas are in season you can purchase fresh pigeon peas at the farmers market.  Most times they are unshelled.  You will then have to remove the peas from the pods.  This is a timely process which some people enjoy, personally I don’t.  You might also get […]

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Caribbean Stewed Fried Fish Recipe

stewed fried fish recipe Ingredients 2 whole medium size fish or 4-6 slices of fish steaks 2 tablespoon homemade green seasoning 1/4 cup sweet peppers (yellow, red and green) finely chopped 1/2 large tomato finely chopped 3 garlic cloves finely choppedsaltblack pepper1  small onion finely choppedoilall purpose flour 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 tablespoon ketchup 1 […]

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How To Make A Trinidad Portugal Fruit Chow | Pootegal Chow Recipe

Trinidad portugal fruit chow recipe   Ingredients 4 portugals pronounced as pootegal in Trinidad and Tobago 3 garlic cloves juice of 1/2 a lemon hot pepper 3-4 leaf shado beni aka culantro aka racao 1 teaspoon salt black pepper 1 stick of chive finely chopped   Method Grate the garlic cloves, finely chop the shado beni […]

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How To Make Pigtail Soup

pigtail soup I love pigtails so I am excited to share this pigtail soup recipe with you. If you are vegetarian or you just don’t like pigtails, you can eliminate this ingredient from the recipe. Ingredients pigtails 1 carrot cut into small pieces pumpkin cut into small pieces 2 tablespoons homemade green seasoning ground provision […]

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How To Cook And Eat BreadNut aka Chataigne
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How To Cook And Eat BreadNut aka Chataigne

In this blog post, I share with you how to cook and eat breadnut also known as chataigne in Trinidad and Tobago.  My husband loves bread nut and since we recently got some breadnut from St. Vincent, I decided to do this post. MethodPut all the breadnut into a bowl and wash thoroughly.  Place into a […]

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How To Make Trinidad Pastelles

The Caribbean islands, Trinidad and Tobago, are located very close to the south American country – Venezuela so it is easy to understand that this dish is very popular in both these countries – of course with variations.   In Trinidad and Tobago, it is a must to have some pastelles in every household during the Christmas holidays.  I […]

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How To Make Vegan Callaloo Trinidad Style

Trinidad Callaloo Callaloo is a very popular dish in Trinidad and Tobago and other parts of the Caribbean Islands.  In Trinidad we use the dasheen leaves aka taro leaves to prepare this dish.  In Jamaica they use the local spinach.  You will notice that some people will call the dasheen leaves callaloo leaves but the […]

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How To Make Callaloo With Crab Trinidad Style

Trinidad callaloo with crab As a Trinidadian, living in the British Virgin Islands does not allow me the luxury of making my favorite dish – Callaloo on a regular basis.  It is not a normal thing to see a bunch of dasheen bush at the farmers market.   dasheen bush/leaves aka taro leaves Recently I found a […]

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Caribbean Recipe For BBQ Pigtails In Oven

Hey hey hey folks, today I am sharing a Caribbean recipe for BBQ pigtails.  As you may know I love pigtails so when I heard about BBQ pigtails I was ecstatic!! Ingredients 2 pounds pigtails 1/2 cup of your favorite BBQ sauce pepper sauce paprika powder cayenne pepper Method Wash the pigtails with some lime […]

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