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Roti: Trinidad's Indian Bread That Became Caribbean
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Description
Roti in Trinidad is not the simple unleavened flatbread of India — it has evolved into multiple distinct forms, each a Caribbean creation: dhalpuri (stuffed with ground split peas), paratha/buss-up-shut ("busted up shirt" — beaten on the tawa until it tears into shreds), and sada (plain). The roti wrap — a dhalpuri or paratha wrapped around curry (chicken, goat, shrimp, chickpea, potato) — is Trinidad's most complete meal: bread, protein, vegetable, and sauce in one portable package.
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The Thread
—Indian paratha (the ancestor — layered flatbread), Malaysian roti canai (the Southeast Asian branch of the same diaspora), Guyanese dhalpuri (the Guyanese version of the same Indo-Caribbean tradition)
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