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Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago’s food is built around indo-Caribbean curries, chutney-laden doubles, and Creole pelau in the region’s liveliest street-food scene. Look for Doubles (two barra flatbreads with curried chickpeas and chutneys), Bake and shark (fried shark in fried bake with sauces; Maracas beach icon) and Roti (dhalpuri roti wrapped around curried meat and potato). Curried chickpeas between two fried baras; the Deen family of Princes Town is widely credited with creating and selling it from the 1930s. This atlas has 37 Trinidad and Tobago dishes catalogued below, from everyday cooking to food kept for festivals and special occasions.

37 dishes.

  • Dhalpuri

    Soft flatbread filled with seasoned ground split peas, used to wrap curry. Ready in 40 min prep and 30 min…

  • Geera pork

    Pork cubes cooked dry with roasted cumin and hot pepper, eaten with drinks. Ready in 20 min prep and 1…

  • Kachourie

    Fried split-pea and herb fritters eaten with tamarind and pepper sauce. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 20 minutes cooking.…

  • Kuchela

    Shredded green mango cured with mustard oil, chilli and amchar masala. Ready in 30 min prep and 5 min cooking.…

  • Kurma

    Crunchy fried dough sticks glazed with ginger sugar. Ready in 30 min prep and 30 min cooking. About 40 sticks.…

  • Mango chow

    Green mango in lime, garlic, pepper, chadon beni. 15 minutes to prepare. Serves 4. A snack recipe from Trinidad and…

  • Moruga scorpion pepper sauce

    Blistering yellow sauce from one of the world’s hottest chillies. Ready in 30 minutes prep and 20 minutes cooking. About…

  • Paime

    Sweet cornmeal and coconut parcel tied in banana leaf and boiled. Ready in 40 min prep and 1 hr cooking.…

  • Pastelle

    Seasoned meat in cornmeal dough, steamed in a folded banana leaf. Ready in 1 hr 30 min prep and 45…

  • Pholourie

    Fried split-pea dough balls dipped in mango sour. Ready in 20 min prep and 25 min cooking. About 40. A…