🏝️ Caribbean

Chickpeas Pelau

Name: Chickpeas Pelau
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 33 min
Total time: 43 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1, finely chopped Onion; 2 cans Chickpeas; 300 g Rice; 600 ml Stock or Broth; 2 tbsp Coconut Oil; 2 tbsp Brown Sugar; 1 tsp Allspice; 200 g Pigeon Peas

🏝️ Caribbean

Trinidad's one-pot pelau — caramelised chickpeas with rice and pigeon peas. Ready in 43 minutes including prep.

Prep 10 min Cook 33 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion1, finely chopped
Chickpeas2 cans
Rice300 g
Stock or Broth600 ml
Coconut Oil2 tbsp
Brown Sugar2 tbsp
Allspice1 tsp
Pigeon Peas200 g

Optional extras

Fresh Thymehandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Rinse the rice until the water runs clear, then drain well.
2
Heat the Coconut Oil in a wide pot, soften the onion, and bloom the allspice for 30 seconds.
3
Stir in the chickpeas, then add the rice and turn everything gently through the fragrant oil.
4
Pour in the stock, bring to a boil, then clamp on a lid and cook on the lowest heat for 15 minutes without peeking.
5
Rest off the heat for 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork and crown with fresh thyme.

Chef's tip

Never lift the lid while the rice steams — trapped steam is doing the work.

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Watch how it's made

Video: RICE PELAU (ONE POT MEAL WITH CHICKEN, PEAS AND COCONUT MILK) - RECIPE FROM ST KITTS AND NEVIS 🇰🇳 · on YouTube