Many recipes call for freshly grated coconut, but how do you make it? Today I will teach you in a few simple steps. Making freshly grated coconut from dried coconut is a simple process. Here's a step-by-step guide to help...
Today we are making Trinidad black eyed peas pelau to ensure that the New Year brings with it lots of luck, including success, wealth, and prosperity. Before eating 12 grapes under the table on Old Year’s Night was a thing,...
I enjoy listening to my mom's stories about my Nani's cooking (her mom). She's been sharing delicious kitchen tales for decades, and they've always held a special place in my heart. She told me that, every Diwali, Nani made these...
Here is a simple and delicious recipe for Coconut Curry Fish that I think you'll love. It’s much simpler than my original cuury fish recipe since we are not pre-frying the fish. Caribbean Coconut Curry Fish is an absolutely delicious...
This is one of the easiest and most surprisingly flavorful rice dishes I’ve ever made. It is surprisingly delicious because you won’t expect such robust flavors from the simple ingredients used. Prep takes two minutes and the cooking time...
Coconut bakes, coconut pot bake, roast bakes or pot bakes, as they are referred to, are nothing short of heavenly. How to enjoy these bakes? Full of coconut flavor, eating it with fried eggs, or slathered with butter or cheese,...
Learn to make this vegan Trinidadian favorite that's simply irresistible. This recipe for Trinidadian bhagi (bhaji or bhagee) uses simple ingredients, including chopped spinach, cumin, and coconut cream. This bhagi recipe is traditionally made with dasheen bush leaves(taro) or chowrai...
I have shared some of my favorite rice dishes with you including pelau, carrot rice, Trini Fried rice, scallion-cilantro rice, but be prepared for yet another winner! One day I literally threw a few ingredients together to make this rice...
Today I am sharing a family favorite recipe, rice and beans, but before I do, let's have a quick chat about what's happening in the world. A world-- not just a town, or a city or a country--the freakin world...
My daughter had an interview this week. Her very first interview, ever. I kissed and hugged her endlessly and sent her off to the interview, down a lonely hallway, all by her lonesome, (I know, aye vey!) without even uttering...
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 the United States after my father died, with only fifty dollars and a dream. No...
A coconut “palette” (pronounced pah-lit in Trinidad) reminds me of childhood days in Trinidad. I grew up enjoying this home made coconut treat which was usually wrapped in a very thin parchment-paper-like wrapper. Strangely, I could vividly remember the scent...
Callaloo is considered Trinidad's national dish by many. A statement quite debatable since we, our Twin Island Republic, boasts of a wide range of scrumptious dishes! In my version of callaloo, spinach, ochroes, carrot, pumpkin and fresh herbs are simmered...
What is coconut milk? The extract of freshly grated flesh of a mature coconut blended with water is referred to as coconut milk. The mature coconut is easily identifiable with a tough, brown, hairy shell. What is coconut water?...
