Amaranth

Taro

Xanthosoma

This article is about Caribbean soup sometimes called pepperpot. For the colonial soup made with tripe, see Philadelphia Pepper Pot.

Callaloo (sometimes calaloo) is a Caribbean dish that is most popular in Jamaica, Guyana, Barbados, and Trinidad & Tobago. Jamaicans are known to use callaloo in a plethora of dishes. The main ingredient is a leaf vegetable, traditionally either amaranth (known by many local names including callaloo or bhaji), or taro or Xanthosoma species (both known by many local names including callaloo, coco, tannia, or dasheen bush). Because the leaf vegetable used in some regions may be locally called "callaloo" or "callaloo bush", some confusion can arise among the different vegetables and with the dish itself. Outside of the Caribbean, water spinach is occasionally used. Image File history File links Amaranthus spinosus ‘Calaloo’ File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Amaranthus spinosus ‘Calaloo’ File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... “Amarant” redirects here. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1432 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1432 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Binomial name (L.) Schott Taro (from Tahitian or other Polynesian languages), more rarely kalo (from Hawaiian), is a tropical plant grown primarily as a vegetable food for its edible corm, and secondarily as a leaf vegetable. ... Image of the arum, Xanthosoma roseum (giant ape), growing along Waiahole Stream in Hawaii taken by Eric Guinther and donated to Wikipedia under GNU. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image of the arum, Xanthosoma roseum (giant ape), growing along Waiahole Stream in Hawaii taken by Eric Guinther and donated to Wikipedia under GNU. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Species About 50; see text Xanthosoma is a genus of about 50 species of tropical and sub-tropical arums in the flowering plant family, Araceae, native to tropical America. ... Philadelphia Pepper Pot (also Pepper Pot) is a thick soup of tripe, meat, vegetables, pepper and other seasonings. ... Besides the dish, callaloo can mean: The Callaloo Journal Amaranth Coco Taro Malanga This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... “West Indian” redirects here. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Fresh Swiss chard Fresh water spinach Creamed spinach Steamed kale Leaf vegetables, also called potherbs, greens, or leafy greens, are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots. ... “Amarant” redirects here. ... Binomial name (L.) Schott Taro (from Tahitian or other Polynesian languages), more rarely kalo (from Hawaiian), is a tropical plant grown primarily as a vegetable food for its edible corm, and secondarily as a leaf vegetable. ... Species About 50; see text Xanthosoma is a genus of about 50 species of tropical and sub-tropical arums in the flowering plant family, Araceae, native to tropical America. ... Binomial name Spinacia oleracea L. Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ...

Plant sources for Callaloo leaves

• Taro - also called dasheen in the West Indies the leaves of this root crop are used in the Trinidadian version of the dish
• Tannia or Malanga called calalu in Puerto Rico
• Amaranth species include Amaranthus spinosus used in the West Indies and A. flavus is a yellow variety used in Brazil and known as caruru
• Pokeweed species Phtolacca octandra or West Indian foxglove
• Nightshade species Solanum nodiflorum
• Water spinach Ipomoea aquatica

Callaloo is almost always made with okra and dasheen or water spinach Ipomoea aquatica. There are many variations of callaloo which may include coconut milk, crab, Caribbean lobster, meats, chile peppers, and other seasonings. The ingredients are added and simmered down to a soup or stew consistency. When done, callaloo is dark green in color and is served as a soup or a side dish which may be used as a gravy for other food. Binomial name (L.) Schott Taro (from Tahitian or other Polynesian languages), more rarely kalo (from Hawaiian), is a tropical plant grown primarily as a vegetable food for its edible corm, and secondarily as a leaf vegetable. ... Species About 50; see text Xanthosoma is a genus of about 50 species of tropical and sub-tropical arums in the flowering plant family, Araceae, all native to tropical America. ... There is also a Malanga in Gabon, see Malanga, Gabon Malanga (Xanthosoma Species), also known as coco, cocoyam, tannia, tannier, yautia, and other names, is a root vegetable from the arum lily family, similar to taro. ... “Amarant” redirects here. ... Species About 35, including: (Southeast Asia) P. americana (North America) (China) P. dioica (South America) P. decandra (East Asia) (Mexico) P. icosandra (South America) (New Zealand) For the Hawaiian fish salad, see Poke (food). ... Species Digitalis ferruginea Digitalis grandiflora Digitalis lanata Digitalis lutea Digitalis obscura Digitalis purpurea Digitalis is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous biennials, perennials and shrubs in the foxglove family Scrophulariaceae. ... Species See text Solanum is a genus of annuals, perennials, sub-shrubs, shrubs and climbers. ... Binomial name Ipomoea aquatica Forssk. ... Binomial name (L.) Moench Okra (American English: , British English ), also known as ladys finger, bhindi and gumbo, is a flowering plant valued for its edible green fruits. ... Coconut milk is a sweet, milky white cooking base derived from the meat of a mature coconut. ... Superfamilies Dromiacea Homolodromioidea Dromioidea Homoloidea Eubrachyura Raninoidea Cyclodorippoidea Dorippoidea Calappoidea Leucosioidea Majoidea Hymenosomatoidea Parthenopoidea Retroplumoidea Cancroidea Portunoidea Bythograeoidea Xanthoidea Bellioidea Potamoidea Pseudothelphusoidea Gecarcinucoidea Cryptochiroidea Pinnotheroidea * Ocypodoidea * Grapsoidea * An asterisk (*) marks the crabs included in the clade Thoracotremata. ... Genera Jasus Linuparus Palinurus Panulirus Spiny lobsters, also known as rock lobsters are a family (Palinuridae) of about 45 species of achelate crustaceans, in the Decapoda Reptantia. ... Kinnikuman character, see Meat Alexandria. ... The chile pepper, chili pepper, or chilli pepper, or simply chile, is the fruit of the plant Capsicum from the nightshade family, Solanaceae. ... Seasoning is the process of adding flavours, or enhancing natural flavour of any type of food. ...

Callaloo is widely known throughout the Caribbean mainly in Trinidad & Tobago and has a distinctively Caribbean origin, created by African slaves using ideas of the indigenous people along with both African (okra) and indigenous (Xanthosoma) plants. Trinidadians have embraced this dish, from their ancestors and over time have added ingredients such as coconut milk to improve its excellence. Callalo is mostly served as a side dish, for Trinidadians it usually accompanies rice, macaroni pie, and a meat of choice. World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second_largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... Slave redirects here. ...

Reference

Davidson, Alan. Oxford Companion to Food (1999), "Callaloo". p. 125 ISBN 0-19-211579-0

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