🇹🇹Trinidadian Recipes
Explore Trinidadian cuisine — doubles, bake-and-shark, pelau, callaloo, and the rich Indo-Trinidadian-Afro-Caribbean fusion of Carnival foods.
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Trinidadian cuisine blends Indo-Trinidadian (descendants of indentured laborers from India: doubles, roti, channa), African-Caribbean (callaloo, pelau, ground provisions), and Chinese-Trinidadian influences. Carnival pre-Lenten foods anchor the national canon. DISTINCT from generic «Caribbean» (which is umbrella).
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Aloo Pie (Aloo Pie) — Trinidadian Fried Potato-Stuffed Street Snack
Aloo pie is a beloved Indo-Trinidadian street food: soft fried dough filled with seasoned potato, then often split and dressed with curried channa, tamarind sauce, and Scotch bonnet pepper sauce, much like doubles-shop snacks.
80 min 6 470 cal
