People of Indian descent make up about 40% of the population of Trinidad & Tobago. And thus, their foods are popular all over the island. It is loved and consumed by all Trinidadians.
For breakfast, there are long lines of people awaiting their turn to buy the hot and tasty "doubles" at road intersections and carparks all over the island. This is basically made up of a pair of deep fried dough sandwich, with slightly curried chickpeas enclosed within the dough. There are a variety of additives which you may add to your doubles to your taste and fancy. Some of these are the coconut chutney, the mango chutney, the cucumber chutney, kuchela, the tamarind sauce, hot sauce and so on. Once you've tasted the doubles, you will long for another one, and another one and another. When you've eaten your full of doubles, you can then drink an ice-cold coconut, direct from the shell.
For lunch and dinner, you may consider the delicious "roti and curry chicken with potato," or the 'roti and curry goat with potato", or the "roti and curry duck with potato", or the "roti and curry beef with potato", or if you are a vegetarian you may want to try the "roti and curry potato" with some other of the various freshly cooked tasty vegetables. Of course there are other tasty dishes for you to enjoy in Trinidad, these include tomato choka, baigan choka, aloo-pies, sahina, pholouri, buss-up-shot, and sada roti.
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