HOW TO MAKE CALLALOO !

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: water + cornstarch

Almond milk reduces calories while providing creaminess.

scotch bonnet pepper

🥗Healthier: jalapeño

💰Cheaper: green chili

Jalapeño offers heat with more availability.

callaloo leaves

🥗Healthier: spinach

💰Cheaper: kale

Spinach is widely available and nutritious.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Olive oil adds flavor and health benefits.

Welcome to the kitchen and introduce the dish, callaloo.

Select and prepare dashing bush, ensuring to choose the right type with a red streak.

Demonstrate how to cut okra, checking for softness by bending the tip until it cracks.

Chop okra by cutting off the tips and slicing it up.

Prepare other ingredients: chopped parsley, pimento pepper, red congo pepper, ginger, garlic, onion, thyme, green onions, and pumpkin.

Season crab with green seasoning, black pepper, and salt after washing it with lime.

Heat an iron pot on medium heat and add chopped dashing bush, okra, pumpkin, onion, parsley, garlic, thyme, green onions, ginger, cloves, and black pepper.

Add coconut milk and a little water to the pot.

Add seasoned crab and maggi cubes, stirring to combine all ingredients.

Cover the pot and let it simmer until the okra seeds turn pink, about 15 minutes.

Check the pot, adding salt and golden red butter, then mix gently without breaking the pepper.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

Spice Level:

Dietary