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This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Spanish. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. Since the leaf vegetable used in some regions may be locally called “callaloo”, “callaloo bush” or “dasheen leaves”, some confusion can arise among the vegetables and with the dish itself. This, as is the case with many other Caribbean dishes, is a remnant of West African cuisine. Outside of the Caribbean, water spinach is occasionally used.

Callaloo in Trinidad and Tobago and other eastern Caribbean countries is generally made with okra and dasheen or water spinach Ipomoea aquatica. See palaver sauce for the West African dish. Trinidadians have embraced this dish from their ancestors and over time have added ingredients such as coconut milk to modify its flavour. It is often eaten with roasted breadfruit, boiled green bananas and dumplings and it is a popular breakfast dish. In Grenada, callaloo is steamed with garlic, onion and coconut milk and often eaten as a side dish. Grenadians also stir or blend the mixture until it has a smooth consistent texture.

In the Virgin Islands, callaloo is served with a dish of fungee on the side. A similar variation is the recipe called laing which is popular in the Philippines, mainly the Bicol region. Callaloo – Volume 30, Number 1, Winter 2007, pp. This article is about the state in Venezuela. For the location in Barinas, see Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuela. For the constitutional capital of Bolivia, see Sucre.

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