Doubles (food)
editDoubles is a fairly common street food originating from Trinidad and Tobago. It is normally eaten during breakfast, but is also eaten occasionally during lunch or as a late night snack, it is also considered a good hangover food for local Trinidadians. [1] It is made with two baras (flat fried dough) filled with curried chickpeas called channa, doubles also contains various chutneys. The first doubles were first created in Fairfield, Princes Town by Emamool Deen (nicknamed Mamudeen) and his wife Raheman Rasulan Deen in 1936. [2][3]
Origins
editIt is said that name doubles arose when Mamudeen used to sell the bara used to make doubles alongside the channa (chickpeas). It wasn't until people began requesting that Mamudeen double the bara that he was selling that the name Doubles stuck. [1] Doubles is considered a very multi-diverse street food, this is because doubles is comes from a mixture of ethnicities. These ethnicities range from, African, Chinese, Indian, Lebanese, and even European.[1]
Preparation
editDoubles is sweet and savory, it can also be spicy depending on the preference of the individual preparing or buying the double. The sandwich consisting of the two baras gets its spice from the spicy pepper sauce added to it. It is paired with mango, chandon beni (also known as culantro), coconut, and tamarind. [4]
- ^ a b c Trinidadian Doubles are the Best Cheap Eats in Brooklyn — Dining on a Dime, retrieved 2019-11-09
- ^ Mohan, Neki (2015-06-28). "Street food of Trinidad, Tobago gains popularity in South Florida". WPLG. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
- ^ Deen, Badru (2013). Out of the Doubles Kitchen: A Memoir of the First Family of Doubles. 7720 SW 168 Terrace, Miami, FL 33157, USA.: Caritrade. ISBN 0615855369.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Plaza, Dwaine (2014-07-09). "Roti and Doubles as Comfort Foods for the Trinidadian Diaspora in Canada, the United States, and Britain". Social Research: An International Quarterly. 81.