Recipe

Callaloo Recipe

	Cauri / All my dishes 1 year ago A thick green dish used as a sauce, a side or a soup from Trinidad. Classically served with macaroni pie and stewed chicken. For those who like exotic tastes. Prep:20m Cook:30m Servings:4	Cauri
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Ingredients

12 bunches of taro root leaves (also called dasheen or callaloo - alternatively use 2 750g packs of frozen spinach

8 okra (ochroe)

4 stalks chives

2 sprigs thyme

2 tbsp crushed shado beni (also called spiny or serrated coriander or cilantro)

1/2 cup chopped onion

1 tsp finely chopped garlic

2 medium-sized crabs, cleaned and broken in pieces (optional, but desirable)

2 cups coconut milk (or 2 50g sachets of creamed coconuts)

2 cups hot water

2 tsp butter

1 whole hot pepper

Directions

Strip the stalks and midribs from the leaves, (or defrost frozen spinach)

Wash and cut leaves and soft stalks, discard remainder

Cut okra, chives, onion and thyme into small pieces

In a large pot melt a tablespoon of butter and add the cut veg and shado beni until onion begins to clear

Add callaloo (or spinach) leaves, garlic, crab, coconut milk and water (add the whole hot pepper if you like)

Bring to the boil; reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes or more until everything is soft and cooked

If you added a hot pepper, remove it now... and don't let it burst!

Swizzle or beat with a hand beater

Add the rest of the butter and stir well

Add salt and pepper to taste

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Comments

crystalwaters 1 year ago said:
Ah, memories of Jamaica ... thanks for a great post! Nice to see some international recipes here! :-)

softgrey 1 year ago said:
Very exotic and sounds delish...
thanks for something interesting and simple...

x-softie

jaie 1 year ago said:
The first thing I thought of was an episode from the old Cosby Show...Cliff hired a Jamacian chef to make her Callaloo and I never knew what it was!!! Now I do! Thanks.

nanny 1 year ago said:
Callaloo sounds like alotta fun to me.Love to try new things and this is new to me.Thanks so much!!

skyduchess 2 months ago said:
I have wanted this recipe for a while now. I never got it prior to my mom passing. Thanks. From on Trini to another.

Ren

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