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Cabbage Callaloo Bowl
🏝️ Caribbean

Cabbage Callaloo Bowl

🏝️ Caribbean

A slow-simmered caribbean pot of cabbage, root vegetables and rich broth — dinner that tastes like a warm kitchen on a cold day. Ready in 50 minutes including prep.

Prep 15 min Cook 35 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

  • Saltto taste
  • Onion2, chopped
  • Garlic4 cloves, minced
  • Potato3 medium, cubed
  • Carrot2, thickly sliced
  • Cabbage1/2 head
  • Coconut Milk200 ml
  • Okra150 g
  • Stock or Broth750 ml
  • Coconut Oil2 tbsp
  • Allspice1 tsp
  • Callaloo300 g

Optional extras

  • Fresh Thymehandful, to finish

Instructions

  1. 1

    Warm the Coconut Oil in a heavy casserole and brown the cabbage well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.

  2. 2

    Lift the cabbage out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the allspice.

  3. 3

    Return the cabbage, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.

  4. 4

    Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.

  5. 5

    Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with fresh thyme right before serving.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the allspice in the oil before adding anything wet.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Meatless Monday Meal/Steamed Callaloo and Cabbage/How to Cook Callaloo Jamaican Style/Cabbage Recipe · on YouTube