Mother-In-Law

Preparation info
  • Makes

    1 Cup

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Sweet Hands: Island Cooking from Trinidad and Tobago

By Ramin Ganeshram

Published 2018

  • About

This is a relatively new recipe in Trinidad and can be likened to a spicy condiment paste of carrot and bitter melon along with prodigious hot chili peppers. No one is quite sure who or where it was developed, but it started out as a wedding condiment that represented the “hot” tongue and temper of a mother-in-law. It is served with roti and rice dishes and is now also a regular at most Hindu prayer meetings.