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Trinidad & Tobago Recipes
Indian, African, and Creole cooking on one small twin-island. Not sure what to eat in Trinidad & Tobago? Start with Trinidadian Curry Goat, Bake and Shark, Kurma and Doubles. Here are 6 authentic Trinidad & Tobago recipes, each from a specific region, with cultural context and dietary substitutions for every table.
6 recipes
DoublesPort of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago · medium · 70 minTwo soft turmeric flatbreads folded around curried chickpeas, tamarind, and pepper sauce, Trinidad’s street-corner breakfast.
PelauPort of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago · medium · 80 minA one-pot of caramel-browned chicken, rice, and pigeon peas cooked in coconut milk.
Bake and SharkPort of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago · medium · 50 minCrisp fried flatbread split and stuffed with seasoned fried fish and a riot of sauces and salads, a Maracas beach classic.
KurmaPort of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago · easy · 45 minCrunchy fried sticks of ginger-spiced dough tumbled in a hard sugar glaze, a Trinidadian Indo-Caribbean sweet.
Trinidadian Curry GoatPort of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago · medium · 120 minGoat marinated in green seasoning and slow-curried with Trinidad curry powder, geera, and masala until fork-tender; the special-occasion dish served with roti.
Trinidad CallalooPort of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago · medium · 70 minThe silky Sunday-lunch classic: dasheen leaves and okra cooked down with coconut milk, aromatics, and crab, then swizzled smooth into a thick green sauce.
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