"Trinidad Hops bread is essentially dinner rolls. In Trinidad, it’s eaten for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. It has a unique softness, delicate, airy, light chew, and totally satisfying." As I shared on Facebook over the weekend, we ate a hearty...
Happy New Year is in order --even though it's the 16th --as this is my very first post of the New Year! I wanted to start on a sweet note, so today I am sharing my secret sweet bread recipe—developed...
WHAT IS TRINIDAD DOUBLES? Trinidad doubles is one of the most popular Caribbean street foods, made with two pieces of fried dough (bara), filled with tender, well-seasoned chickpeas (channa), and topped with condiments like tamarind sauce, pepper sauce, and chutneys....
Aloo pie is fried dough filled with savory mashed potatoes that’s seasoned simply with bandhania (culantro), cumin, onion and garlic. This snack (or meal) is right up there in popularity with doubles, saheena, pholourie,dhal pholourie, kachori and bake and...
This beloved bread has evoked many passionate discussions that extend from the north to the south. The Northerners prefer their cornbread sweet and the Southerners never add sugar. This Trini will avoid that controversy. Allow me to exercise my First...
This is my best banana bread recipe—a moist, chewy, chocolate-chipped twist inspired by Trinidad gulgula. Gulgula - Fried Banana Fritters They’re practically twins—one fried, one baked—but both bursting with banana flavor, dense and moist inside, and beautifully chewy on the...
Before we venture into a delivious recipe for Trinidad Coconut Bake, here is an update! In my absence, I have celebrated turning 39, which I realized, after much contemplation, isn't so bad after all. Nineteen years ago, I came to...
What is Paratha Roti? What is Buss up shot /buss up shut roti? Paratha, also known as “buss up shut” is one of the various types of roti (leavened flatbread) ubiquitous in Trinidad, along with sada roti, dosti roti, dhalpuri...
I apologize for my absence, I haven't been in a creative frame of mind. I have been busy reading. Reading about the hidden science behind the 2012 predictions, trying to understand quantum physics and learning about the secrets of the Pyramids. Also reading...
It was a tradition in our house when I was a child to eat fresh homemade bread, ham, and hot sauce on Christmas mornings. Now, even though I am older and have a house and family of my own, I...
