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Trinidadian Doubles

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Trinidadian Doubles

Street-food chickpea curry sandwiched in two fried bara flatbreads. Resting the bara dough for a full hour before frying makes it stretchy enough to fry up light and puffed instead of dense.

Total time
95 min
Prep
75 min
Cook
20 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
Caribbean
vegan

Ingredients

400gdried chickpeas, cooked
1onion, diced
4 clovesgarlic
2 tspcurry powder
1 tspcumin
1 tspturmeric
400mlwater
300gplain flour for bara
1 tspturmeric for bara
1 tspinstant yeast
200mlwarm water for bara
oil for fryingto taste

Instructions

1

Make bara: mix flour, turmeric, yeast and warm water into a soft dough. Rest 1 hour.

2

Make channa: fry onion and garlic with spices. Add chickpeas and water. Simmer 20 minutes.

3

Mash some chickpeas to thicken.

4

Roll bara dough thin, fry in 2cm hot oil until puffed and golden.

5

Serve chickpea curry between two bara with tamarind chutney and pepper sauce.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories
190
Protein
10g
Fat
3g
Carbs
32.6g
Fiber
8.9g
Sodium
11mg

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