DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Callaloo Soup
Dalia’s Dominica callaloo soup follows the preparation she learned from her mother.
About Callaloo Soup
Dalia’s Dominica callaloo soup follows the preparation she learned from her mother. This version selects young dasheen leaves and traditional flour dumplings, with salted pork retained as the recipe’s optional meat addition.
Coconut milk enriches the leaf base, while onion, garlic, chive and thyme add aromatic notes. Black pepper, hot pepper and turmeric complete the seasonings, alongside the optional savoury pork.
The leaf mixture is briefly blended into a thick, creamy-tasting soup before the dumplings simmer in it. It can be served as a meal on its own, as the author suggests.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Celery.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Callaloo Soup
Dalia’s traditional Dominica dasheen callaloo soup with optional salted pork.
- Young dasheen leavesBase
- Salted porkProtein · Optional
- Coconut milkLiquid
- OnionAromatic
- WaterLiquid
- CeleryAromatic
- ThymeAromatic
- ChiveAromatic
- Hot pepperSeasoning
- Cooking oilCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- SaltSeasoning
- Black pepperSeasoning
- TurmericSeasoning
- Flour dumplingsBaseIngredient page not linked
- GarlicAromatic
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Young dasheen leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Traditional dasheen option selected rather than tannia/spinach substitute.
- Salted pork (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual salted-pork method58 option selected over unspecified smoked meat; full curing formula unknown.
- Coconut milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Listed product/formula unspecified; no dairy Milk inferred from coconut milk.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Leaf-boiling/broth water and explicit dumpling-dough water; separate meat-boiling medium remains unspecified, no invented salt allocation.
- Celery: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Celery source-confirmed
- Thyme: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Chive: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Hot pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Cultivar unprovided.
- Cooking oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Botanical source and refinement unprovided.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Turmeric: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Listed43 but exact method addition point omitted.
- Flour dumplings: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Complete named three-component dough: flour/salt/water. Flour cereal unprovided, no Wheat inference; no invented egg/baking powder.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method-only49/51.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Dominica
- DominicaCatalogue link pending review
- GrenadaCatalogue link pending review
- Saint LuciaCatalogue link pending review
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Dominican Cuisine (Dominica)
- Grenadian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Saint Lucian Creole CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Dominica Creole CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Vincentian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.