THE CALLALOO PLANT - Great in Salads & Served warm Callaloo is a vegetable plant that is grown for its leaves. Callaloo can be compared closely to what many know as spinach. The plant produces large delicious green leaves, the steams are also being edible. Belizean's have taken this plant, and created many wonderful dishes from the leaves. It is wonderful served fresh in salads, and is a delicious - cooked as a side dis to a main entree. There seem to be many different varities of Callaloo. Callaloo is a variety of Amaranth. The technical name is Amaranth Tricolor or Amaranth Gangeticus. Some varieties of Amaranth are grown for seed production, Amaranthus Creuntus and Amaranthus Hypochondiacus are examples. In many cases the leaves of these plants can also be eaten. Some species are grown for ornamentation like, Love Lies Bleeding and Josephs Coat. You may find Amaranths grown for their leaves, under many different names; Shen Choy, Chinese Spinach, Indian Spinach, Hin Choy, Bush Greens and many other names. CALLALOO SOUP 1 pound callaloo leaves or spinach 6 c. chicken stock 1 onion, chopped 1/2 pound salt beef, fat removed and diced 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper 6 Tbsp. minced shallots 1/4 tsp. dried thyme 1 green chile pepper, chopped 1 cup okra 1/2 pound crabmeat DIRECTIONS
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8/2/2012 07:27:19 pm
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8/12/2012 10:12:04 pm
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Matt
12/26/2022 11:07:35 pm
Hey Lauren -- I know this it's been over 10 years since you've published this, but it was great to find this recipe (I live in Belmopan and have been trying to find a local version of callaloo). Two questions:
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2/16/2023 08:27:56 am
A super food grain by a flowering plant is red amaranth. This is an ornamental plant, and for many years, people have been cultivating it as a food source. Red amaranth has lots of varieties and food nutrients in it.
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