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Citizens, Trinidadians accompany their meals with various condiments; these can include pepper sauces, chutneys and pickles and are often homemade.
Pepper sauces are made by using habanero or other hot peppers, either minced or chopped and other spices. It can sometimes include lime or lemon as well as other vegetables, and come in many variations and flavors.
The king of all hot sauces in Trinidad is without any doubt the brand called Matouk’s, an exceptional blend of fiery habanero peppers, yellow mustard, papaya and spices.
Trinidad and Tobago cuisine reflects a fusion of African (mainly West African), Creole, Indian-South Asian, Chinese, Amerindian, Arab, European, and Latin American-Spanish-Portuguese cuisines.
Trinidadians accompany their meals with various condiments; these can include pepper sauces, chutneys and pickles and are often homemade.
Pepper sauces are made by using scotch bonnet or other hot peppers, either minced or chopped and other spices. It can sometimes include lime or lemon as well as other vegetables, and come in many variations and flavours. The murtanie (mother-in-law) is another popular condiment which is a coarsely chopped spicy medley of scotch bonnet peppers, carrots, kareli (bitter melon) and other spices.
Chutneys are popular as well and often include mango, tamarind, cucumber, pommecythère, bandhaniya, dhaniya, tomato, and coconut. They are most commonly eaten with doubles, aloo pie, saheena, baiganee, kachori, and pholourie.
There are a variety of popular pickles known locally as Achar which are commonly used. Kuchela a grated spicy version, usually made from mango but sometimes made from pommecythère, the Mango version being most popular. Other version of Achars are made from mango, pommecythère, tamarind, amla, lemon, lime, and chulta.
My recipe has attempted to recreate this legendary sauce, but with even more flavors, as only TFD can! Enjoy it in a Trinidadian meal, perhaps alongside some Trinidadian green seasoning!
1 very large papaya – peeled, seeded, and cut into chunks
1 large onion, roughly chopped
6 green onions, roughly chopped
12 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
3/4cup finely cubed Murai (white daikon radish)
2cups distilled white vinegar
3 limes, juiced
3 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil
3/4cup prepared yellow mustard
1/2cup chopped culantro leaves (not cilantro – if not available, omit)
1 1/4 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon freshly ground celery seed
2 tablespoons brown sugar
3 1/2 tablespoons curry powder
3 1/2 tablespoons grated lime zest
3/4cups chopped fresh thyme
Instructions
Wearing disposable gloves, and being careful not to get any in your eyes or on your skin, roughly chop the habanero peppers.
Place the habanero peppers, papaya, onion, green onions, daikon radish, thyme, culantro and garlic into a blender. Pour in the mustard, vinegar, lime juice, and vegetable oil, cover the blender, and pulse until the mixture is very finely chopped.
Stop the blender, and add salt, sugar, curry powder, celery seed and lime zest. Blend again until the sauce is smooth. Pour into clean jars, and store in refrigerator.
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