West African Diaspora Cuisine
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Callaloo

Callaloo is a vibrant leafy green stew popular in Caribbean countries, especially Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and other parts of the West African Diaspora. It features a rich, savory blend of leafy greens, often amaranth or taro leaves, cooked with spices, coconut milk, and sometimes seafood or meat, embodying a deep cultural connection to African culinary traditions and Caribbean adaptation.

10 ingredients
savoryherbaceousspicycreamyearthy
West African Diaspora70%
Caribbean Indigenous30%

Ingredients

  • callaloo leaves or amaranth
    4 cups chopped
  • coconut milk
    1 cup
  • onion
    1 medium, chopped
  • garlic
    3 cloves, minced
  • scotch bonnet pepper
    1 small, whole
  • thyme
    1 tsp dried
  • crab or salted meat (optional)
    1 cup
  • vegetable oil
    2 tbsp
  • salt
    to taste
  • black pepper
    to taste

Method

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Callaloo has its roots in West African cooking, brought to the Caribbean by enslaved Africans and adapted using local ingredients and influences from indigenous and colonial cuisines.

Ingredient ancestry breakdown

ingredients+techniques
Caribbean Indigenous30%
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