Trini roti

Paratha Roti - Devour it with curry, eat it with sides, you can even enjoy it with melted butter, but no matter how you consume it, one thing is...

Paratha is an East Indian flatbread, and the name means layered cooked dough. Traditionally, Paratha is made with ghee, a nutty-tasting mixture made by rendering the water and milk solids out of unsalted butter. The layered dough is then cooked on a flat surface known as a Roti Tawa to create a fluffy, nutty, buttery, and chewy flatbread. While all these elements of Paratha remain with the Trini version, we make it out by literally kicking it up a notch during the cooking process. We take…

Today am taking you all to Trinidad which is the larger and more populous island of two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad cuisine is a blend of Indian, European Creole, Arab,Chinese,Latin American, African west, influences. And their well known dishes are Sada Roti, Fried Bakes, Coconut Bake which includes street foods like Doubles, Pholourie,Kachori, Roti Wrap, Aloo pie and much more. Today i want to showcase one of the most popular Street food aka Dhalpuri Roti which have its…

Curry Chicken and Roti is one of the most delicious recipes. Curry chicken was also the first dish I tried at early age.

A West Indian style curry Trini Roti from the deepest regions of the Caribbean, Uncle Kalo's Trini Roti.

Christmas is not Christmas without my mom’s cooking and the red beans and callaloo combination with dhalpuri roti! Everything else was extras. The stew pork is another once a year must have! It was soo good even my daughter who claims she doesn't eat pork was fighting for the leftovers! My sister’s potato salad is always something I look forward to and every time I eat it we always have a detailed discussion on each ingredient she put in it. Macaroni pie made with Trini cheese and curry duck…

Bread so soft that it melts in your mouth? Chicken so bold in flavor that it will have your taste buds screaming for more? Potatoes that are so delightful, any other side dish does not compare? That is the chicken curry roti shell with potatoes recipe in a nutshell.

Here in the Caribbean when we talk about roti, we refer primarily to three types: paratha (oil roti, buss-up-shut), sada roti or dhal puri. ...

Paratha is one of the most popular roti recipes in Trinidad and the world! It is called buss up shot roti in Trinidad because of it's resemblance to a torn t-shirt! It is soft, flaky/multi-layered, indulgent and absolutely delicious.

Natasha Laggan on Instagram: "Dhalpuri is a quintessential Trini Roti ( flatbread) , expertly filled with ground seasoned split peas. The peas is boiled with turmeric until soft but still firm and ground with garlic, culantro, scotch bonnet and curry leaves. Salt and coated cumin is added and mixed in to give you a spiced filling that is stuffed into doughballs. Best eaten with curry or stew and an assortment of veggies options , pumpkin and mango talkari being my favourites. For the Dough…