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Ali's Doubles in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago

Doubles is a common street food in Trinidad and Tobago. The City of San Fernando is the larger of the two major cities in Trinidad and Tobago, and the second largest Municipality Street food is food obtainable from a streetside vendor, often from a makeshift or portable stall. The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (ˈtrɪnɪdæd ən təˈbeɪgoʊ is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American It is a sandwich made with two flat fried breads, called "bara" (hence the name "doubles"), filled with curried chick peas or garbanzo beans, commonly called channa (from Hindi/Bhojpuri "chanaa"). A sandwich is a food item made of two or more slices of Bread with one or more layers of a filling The chickpea ( Cicer arietinum) (also garbanzo bean, Indian pea, ceci bean, bengal gram, chana, kadale kaalu, The chickpea ( Cicer arietinum) (also garbanzo bean, Indian pea, ceci bean, bengal gram, chana, kadale kaalu, Topped with a variety of spicy chutneys (mango, cucumber, coconut, tamarind) and extra pepper sauce (ranging from a dash "slight" to much more), this delicacy is undoubtedly the most popular fast food in Trinidad and Tobago. Mangoes belong to the genus Mangifera, consisting of numerous species of tropical fruiting Trees in the Flowering plant family Anacardiaceae The cucumber ( Cucumis sativus) is a widely cultivated plant in the Gourd family Cucurbitaceae, which includes squash, and in the same The Coconut Palm ( Cocos nucifera) is a member of the Family Arecaceae (palm family This article refers to the tree For other uses see Tamarindo (disambiguation. Hot sauce, chili sauce, or pepper sauce refer to any spicy Sauce made from Chili peppers and other ingredients It is usually eaten for breakfast, but can be a late night snack as well.

The bread is a quick bread made of flour, baking powder, salt, and ground turmeric, which gives the bread its yellow color. Bread is a Staple food prepared by Baking a Dough of Flour and Water. Flour is a powder made of Cereal grains It is the key ingredient of Bread, which is a staple food in many countries and therefore the availability Baking powder is a dry chemical Leavening agent used in cooking mainly baking Salt is a Dietary mineral composed primarily of Sodium chloride that is essential for Animal life but toxic to most land plants Turmeric ( Curcuma longa) is a Rhizomatous Herbaceous Perennial plant of the Ginger family Zingiberaceae It is flattened to a thin round disk about four or five inches in diameter and fried until golden brown. Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. The bara (from Hindi/Bhojpuri "bara") is then filled with the channa ready to be sold. There is no set recipe for the channa, which can be just curried or mixed with curry and dal (split peas, usually the yellow variety, from Hindi/Bhojpuri "dal"). Curry is the English description of any of a general variety of spicy dishes best known in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan Dal (also spelled dahl, dhal or daal) ( Devanagari दाल Telugu పప్పు Bangla দ্দাল is a preparation

Doubles are not limited to household and restaurant kitchens. There are doubles vendors all across the country, selling doubles out of a box, and even made fresh on the spot by a doubles truck. A food truck or mobile kitchen is a mobile venue that sells Food. The doubles is fried on the spot, usually in a makeshift kitchen in the back of a pickup truck.

Some renowned doubles vendors, famous for their excellent taste and consistent quality are "Singh's Doubles" located at Barataria Roundabout in San Juan, "Sauce" located at Curepe Junction, "George" located outside Brooklyn Bar, Woodbrook, "Randy's Doubles" located junction at Mon Repos roundabout, San Fernando opposite Comfort Zone, "The Green Shed" in Debe and "Ali's Doubles" with locations nationwide.

Doubles is said to be invented by the "Persad" Caste of Indians, in the 1840s when East Indians from Calcutta, Indians came as indentured labourers to Trinidad and other Caribbean and South American countries. The name "doubles" was said to originate in the 1900's in a school called Naparima College, in south Trinidad. When the vendors sold the Bara it was usually a single Bara with curry channa. However the students sometimes wanted more and would ask for a "doubles" which consisted of two Baras and hence the name Doubles evolved.

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