I made lunch today. Channa pelau (rice, seasoning, chick peas, coconut milk and caramelised sugar for stewing) and a side of cressles (watercress)
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It looks tasty.
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It looks good! 15
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Looks good @mangojuice!
Which island are you from?
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Is this Indian dish
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Yeah I just looked it up, it’s an Indian dish
Looks delicious
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Makes sense. Looks delish
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Pelau is a traditional rice dish of the West Indies (Guadeloupe, Dominica and Caribbean countries such as Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Barbados and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Main ingredients are meat (usually chicken or beef, rice, pigeon peas or cowpeas, coconut milk and sugar; various vegetables and spices are optional ingredients.
Pelau shares its origins with pilaf, a rice dish from Central Asia, the Middle East, East Africa, South Asia, and Spain, with their original version of their dish, Paella. Pelau is a Creole dish. When the island was under Spanish colonial rule, their version of Paella was passed down to the slaves who transformed the dish. The caramelisation of the meat goes back to African preparation traditions. Over the course of time, the basic method of preparing pilaf, the caramelisation of meat and influences of the Trinidadian cuisine (especially with regards to available ingredients) mingled into today’s pelau.
From wikipedia
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When I went to Grenada they had roti as their local dish too I was surprised. It was nice but different.
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They probably make something similar in India also, especially with the channa. Our population is 40% of East Indian ancestry.
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I figured that was why. I’m Gujarati and call chickpeas channa.
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Do you know how to make doubles?
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I think I tried to make doubles once. I should try again. So easy to just buy doubles.
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