DISH RESEARCH · Side dish
Callaloo
Also known as: Calaloo
Trinidadian dasheen-leaf and okra callaloo with coconut milk.
About Callaloo
Ria’s Trinidad callaloo is a thick vegetable preparation served as a side dish at Sunday lunch. This version selects traditional young dasheen leaves and tender stems, fresh coconut milk and optional crab.
Pumpkin and carrot contribute gentle sweetness, while coconut milk adds richness. Okra gives the mixture body; thyme, scallions, garlic, green seasoning and peppers supply its herbal and aromatic character.
The swizzle-stick finish leaves some vegetable texture within the creamy mixture. The creator serves it hot over rice, with crab and celery remaining optional additions rather than defining every household’s callaloo.
Allergens in this recipe
Optional additions: Celery, Crustaceans.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Callaloo
Ria’s traditional dasheen-leaf Trinidad callaloo with optional crab.
- Extra virgin olive oilCooking medium
- Young dasheen leaves and tender stemsBase
- PumpkinBase
- OkraBase
- CarrotBase
- OnionAromatic
- ScallionsAromatic
- Fresh thymeAromatic
- GarlicAromatic
- Caribbean green seasoningSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- CeleryAromatic · Optional
- Fresh coconut milkLiquid
- WaterLiquid
- SaltSeasoning
- Black pepperSeasoning
- Habanero pepperSeasoning
- Pimento seasoning peppersSeasoning
- CrabProtein · Optional
- White riceAccompaniment · Serving
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Extra virgin olive oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader olive-oil identity; source explicitly specifies extra virgin oil, listed and used in first method step.
- Young dasheen leaves and tender stems: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Traditional dasheen/taro leaf option selected rather than frozen spinach; broader leaf link includes separately named tender stems.
- Pumpkin: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Okra: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Carrot: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Scallions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fresh thyme: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Caribbean green seasoning: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Named compound; exact herbs and formula not supplied by this recipe.
- Celery (optional): Celery
- Fresh coconut milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Fresh option selected; canned/reconstituted alternatives excluded.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit card and method water; consistency adjustment conditional.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Habanero pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected rather than narrative Scotch bonnet alternative.
- Pimento seasoning peppers: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Named Caribbean sweet seasoning pepper; not allspice.
- Crab (optional): Crustaceans. Selected optional protein rather than chicken/beef/salted meats.
- White rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected traditional rice service; no rice subrecipe supplied.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad and TobagoCatalogue link pending review
- Costa RicaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Trinidadian Cuisine
- Trinidadian and Tobagonian Creole CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Limón Afro-Caribbean CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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