Pelau: Trinidadian Chicken Pelau
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Pelau

West Indian rice dish of meat, pigeon peas or cowpeas, coconut milk, and sugar, with optional vegetables and spices. Meat caramelises in brown sugar with onion and garlic before the ingredients form a dark brown stew.

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Its main ingredients typically include meat, rice, pigeon peas or cowpeas, coconut milk and sugar. Various vegetables and spices may be added. Common spices used in the dish are cardamom, cloves, cumin, and coriander. The meat is caramelised in brown sugar along with onion and garlic and the other ingredients are then added one by one, resulting in a dark brown stew.

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