Fried Tomatoes Choka

 How to make Fried Tomatoes Choka

When we here in Trinidad talk about Tomatoes Choka, we are usually referring to one of two varieties, the first being when you roast the tomatoes and the other being when you fry the tomatoes. The recipe I have for you today is our version of the fried tomatoes choka. ( I will do the roasted one at a later date for you as well)

Now there are also different ways of doing this and everyone will undoubtedly have their own particular way of making it. This is how we do it home by me.

This is a simple recipe for a tasty dish and it takes no time at all to prepare, so those of you who are in a hurry all the time should be able to find some time to make this one. Fried tomatoes choka like most chokas are eaten in Trinidad with Sada Roti. I will try my best to have a Sada Roti post soon since I am sure this is the first of many choka posts... lol

Ingredients

6-8 small ripe tomatoes
1/2 small onion chopped
3 cloves garlic minced
1/2 hot pepper (or to taste)
2 tbsp vegetable oil
Salt to taste
1/4 cup water (as needed)

Trinidad Callaloo

How to make Trinidad Callaloo 

Hi everyone, today I'm going to post this recipe for Trinidad Callaloo.

Trinidad Callaloo is made primarily from dasheen bush (also known as baji or spinach). This is a great dish for a Sunday lunch and is commonly cooked with crab or a salted meat (beef/pork/chicken feet). (I may post a video with crab at some point) This particular recipe is for a vegetarian version which has no meat/crab but I can assure you is every bit as tasty.

The great thing about Callaloo is that you can modify the ingredients to suit your taste. You can have it as a side dish or you can have it as a soup.

BTW - I actually recorded this video post the middle of last year and just simply as a test I uploaded it to my personal account. Apparently I only uploaded me cutting up all ingredients so needless to say I got comments about magic callaloo lol. Well hopefully this post will redeem me to a certain extent.

Ingredients

2 tbsp Golden Ray margarine
1 bundle dasheen bush (baji/spinach)
1/2 pound pumpkin (diced)
3 cloves garlic
4 medium ochroes
1 small onion chopped
1 pimento pepper
1 bundle chive
1 bundle celery
1 bundle shaddon beni
1 cup coconut milk
2 cups water
1 hot pepper
Salt to taste
Black Pepper to taste
2 Maggie Flavor D Pot crab Flavor Powder (optional)
N.B. 2 tsp each of garlic and onion powder can be substituted for flavoring

This is just a test for my first post. I wanted to see the layout and how the new colors will look.

Lets see how this looks in line with what I'm writing.