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'''Doubles''' is a common [[street food]] originating in [[Trinidad and Tobago]] of [[Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian|Indian]] origin. It is normally eaten during breakfast, but is also eaten occasionally during lunch or as a late night snack and popular hangover food for local Trinidadians.<ref name=Eater2015>{{cite AV media |date=December 22, 2015 |title=Trinidadian Doubles are the Best Cheap Eats in Brooklyn — Dining on a Dime |publisher=Eater |via=Youtube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Qkm29OBZg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/F1Qkm29OBZg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=9 November 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Doubles is made with two ''[[Vada (food)|baras]]'' (flat fried dough) and filled with ''[[curry]] [[Chickpea|channa]]'' (curried chickpeas) and various [[chutney]]s.<ref name="Mohan 2015">{{cite web |last=Mohan |first=Neki |date=28 June 2015 |title=Street food of Trinidad, Tobago gains popularity worldwide |website=WPLG |url=https://www.local10.com/news/street-food-of-trinidad-tobago-gains-popularity-in-south-florida |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref><ref name=Deen2013>{{cite book |last=Deen |first=Badru |year=2013 |title=Out of the Doubles Kitchen: A Memoir of the First Family of Doubles |publisher=Caritrade |location=[[Palmetto Bay, Florida]] |isbn=978-0615855363 |page=2}}</ref><ref name=Plaza2014>{{cite journal |last=Plaza |first=Dwaine |date=9 July 2014 |title=Roti and Doubles as Comfort Foods for the Trinidadian Diaspora in Canada, the United States, and Britain |journal=Social Research: An International Quarterly |issn=1944-768X |volume=81 |issue=2 |pages=463–488 |doi=10.1353/sor.2014.0021 |s2cid=142287294 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/549126}}</ref>
'''Doubles''' is a common [[street food]] originating in [[Trinidad and Tobago]] with [[Indo-Trinidadian|Indian]] origin. It is normally eaten during breakfast, but is also eaten occasionally during lunch or as a late night snack and popular [[hangover food]] for local Trinidadians.<ref name=Eater2015>{{cite AV media |date=December 22, 2015 |title=Trinidadian Doubles are the Best Cheap Eats in Brooklyn — Dining on a Dime |publisher=Eater |via=Youtube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Qkm29OBZg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/F1Qkm29OBZg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=9 November 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Doubles is made with two ''[[Vada (food)|baras]]'' (flat fried dough) and filled with ''[[curry]] [[Chickpea|channa]]'' (curried chickpeas) and various [[chutney]]s.<ref name="Mohan 2015">{{cite web |last=Mohan |first=Neki |date=28 June 2015 |title=Street food of Trinidad, Tobago gains popularity worldwide |website=WPLG |url=https://www.local10.com/news/street-food-of-trinidad-tobago-gains-popularity-in-south-florida |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref><ref name=Deen2013>{{cite book |last=Deen |first=Badru |year=2013 |title=Out of the Doubles Kitchen: A Memoir of the First Family of Doubles |publisher=Caritrade |location=[[Palmetto Bay, Florida]] |isbn=978-0615855363 |page=2}}</ref><ref name=Plaza2014>{{cite journal |last=Plaza |first=Dwaine |date=9 July 2014 |title=Roti and Doubles as Comfort Foods for the Trinidadian Diaspora in Canada, the United States, and Britain |journal=Social Research: An International Quarterly |issn=1944-768X |volume=81 |issue=2 |pages=463–488 |doi=10.1353/sor.2014.0021 |s2cid=142287294 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/549126}}</ref>


== Origins ==
== Origins ==
Doubles as a dish was created in Princes Town, by Emamool Deen (a.k.a. Mamoodeen) and his wife Raheman Rasulan Deen in 1936.<ref name=Deen2013/><ref name=auto>{{cite web |last=Mohan |first=Neki |date=28 June 2015 |title=Street food of Trinidad, Tobago gains popularity in South Florida |website=WPLG |url=https://www.local10.com/news/street-food-of-trinidad-tobago-gains-popularity-in-south-florida}}</ref>
Doubles as a dish was created in [[Princes Town]] by Emamool Deen (a.k.a. Mamoodeen) and his wife Raheman Rasulan Deen in 1936.<ref name=Deen2013/><ref name=auto>{{cite web |last=Mohan |first=Neki |date=28 June 2015 |title=Street food of Trinidad, Tobago gains popularity in South Florida |website=WPLG |url=https://www.local10.com/news/street-food-of-trinidad-tobago-gains-popularity-in-south-florida}}</ref>


It has been speculated that it was inspired by a northern Indian dish called ''chole bhature'' (or sometimes ''channa bhatura'').<ref name=Deen2013/> ''Chole bhature'' is made by combining ''channa masala'' and ''bhature'' (''poori''), which is a fried bread made with ''maida'' flour, a common flour in Indian baking.<ref name=Deen2013/>
It has been speculated that it was inspired by a northern Indian dish called ''[[chole bhature]]'' (or sometimes ''channa bhatura'').<ref name=Deen2013/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ganeshram |first=Ramin |date=2022-02-28 |title=Trinidad's addictive spicy street snack |url=https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210526-doubles-trinidads-favourite-street-food |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=BBC Travel}}</ref> ''Chole bhature'' is made by combining ''channa masala'' and ''bhature'' (''poori''), which is a fried bread made with ''maida'' flour, a common flour in Indian baking.<ref name=Deen2013/>


Mamoodeen used to sell curried channa (chickpeas) over single baras (fried flatbread) with chutneys. When his customers began requesting to double the bara in their orders the name “doubles” was coined.<ref name=Eater2015/>
Mamoodeen used to sell curried channa (chickpeas) over single baras (fried flatbread) with chutneys to the Indian sugar estate workers in the early 20th century. When his customers began requesting to double the bara in their orders the name “doubles” was coined.<ref name=Eater2015/>


== Preparation ==
== Preparation ==
Doubles can be served spicy, sweet, or savory. Condiments include spicy pepper sauce, [[Kuchela (relish)|kuchela]], or green mango, bandhaniya (also known as chadon beni or [[culantro]]), [[cucumber]], [[coconut]], and [[tamarind]] chutneys.<ref name=Plaza2014/>
Doubles can be served spicy, sweet, or savory. Condiments include spicy pepper sauce, [[Kuchela (relish)|kuchela]], or green mango, [[culantro|bandhaniya]], [[cucumber]], [[coconut]], [[Spondias dulcis|pommecythere]], [[tamarind]] chutney, and [[chadon beni]] sauce.<ref name=Plaza2014/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ottier Hart |first=Rachael |author-link= |date=2024-04-11 |title=How to make Trinidad Doubles |url=https://classicbakes.com/recipes/how-make-trinidad-doubles |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=Classic Bakes}}</ref>


== Cultural significance ==
== Cultural significance ==
Given the diversity of Trinidad, doubles is credited with its ability to "define and maintain symbolic boundaries of identification", and is considered an authentic standard of Trinidadian cuisine.<ref name=Plaza2014/> Doubles is a comfort food for displaced Trinidadians in major cities across the globe.<ref name=Plaza2014/> Its consumption has been credited with developing a "deep psychological imprinting" among them, and as such is considered culturally significant for how it encapsulated Trinidadian identity into such a simple and unique snack.<ref name=Plaza2014/>
Given the diversity of Trinidad, doubles is credited with its ability to "define and maintain symbolic boundaries of identification", and is considered an authentic standard of Trinidadian cuisine.<ref name=Plaza2014/> Doubles is a comfort food for displaced Trinidadians in major cities across the globe.<ref name=Plaza2014/> Its consumption has been credited with developing a "deep psychological imprinting" among them, and as such is considered culturally significant for how it encapsulated Trinidadian identity into a simple and unique snack.<ref name=Plaza2014/>


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.simplytrinicooking.com/doubles/ Doubles Recipe]
*[https://www.simplytrinicooking.com/doubles/ Doubles Recipe]
*https://www.instagram.com/reel/C20U1lKOxOx/?igsh=MXkxeWpzNHV3Y2VsYg==


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Revision as of 11:40, 8 May 2024

Doubles
Doubles
Place of originTrinidad and Tobago
Region or stateCaribbean, United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Created byEmamool and Raheman Rasulan Deen
Serving temperatureHot
Main ingredientsCurry chickpea and bara
Other informationServed with: various chutneys, kuchela, and pepper sauce

Doubles is a common street food originating in Trinidad and Tobago with Indian origin. It is normally eaten during breakfast, but is also eaten occasionally during lunch or as a late night snack and popular hangover food for local Trinidadians.[1] Doubles is made with two baras (flat fried dough) and filled with curry channa (curried chickpeas) and various chutneys.[2][3][4]

Origins

Doubles as a dish was created in Princes Town by Emamool Deen (a.k.a. Mamoodeen) and his wife Raheman Rasulan Deen in 1936.[3][5]

It has been speculated that it was inspired by a northern Indian dish called chole bhature (or sometimes channa bhatura).[3][6] Chole bhature is made by combining channa masala and bhature (poori), which is a fried bread made with maida flour, a common flour in Indian baking.[3]

Mamoodeen used to sell curried channa (chickpeas) over single baras (fried flatbread) with chutneys to the Indian sugar estate workers in the early 20th century. When his customers began requesting to double the bara in their orders the name “doubles” was coined.[1]

Preparation

Doubles can be served spicy, sweet, or savory. Condiments include spicy pepper sauce, kuchela, or green mango, bandhaniya, cucumber, coconut, pommecythere, tamarind chutney, and chadon beni sauce.[4][7]

Cultural significance

Given the diversity of Trinidad, doubles is credited with its ability to "define and maintain symbolic boundaries of identification", and is considered an authentic standard of Trinidadian cuisine.[4] Doubles is a comfort food for displaced Trinidadians in major cities across the globe.[4] Its consumption has been credited with developing a "deep psychological imprinting" among them, and as such is considered culturally significant for how it encapsulated Trinidadian identity into a simple and unique snack.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Trinidadian Doubles are the Best Cheap Eats in Brooklyn — Dining on a Dime. Eater. 22 December 2015. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2019 – via Youtube.
  2. ^ Mohan, Neki (28 June 2015). "Street food of Trinidad, Tobago gains popularity worldwide". WPLG. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d Deen, Badru (2013). Out of the Doubles Kitchen: A Memoir of the First Family of Doubles. Palmetto Bay, Florida: Caritrade. p. 2. ISBN 978-0615855363.
  4. ^ a b c d e Plaza, Dwaine (9 July 2014). "Roti and Doubles as Comfort Foods for the Trinidadian Diaspora in Canada, the United States, and Britain". Social Research: An International Quarterly. 81 (2): 463–488. doi:10.1353/sor.2014.0021. ISSN 1944-768X. S2CID 142287294.
  5. ^ Mohan, Neki (28 June 2015). "Street food of Trinidad, Tobago gains popularity in South Florida". WPLG.
  6. ^ Ganeshram, Ramin (28 February 2022). "Trinidad's addictive spicy street snack". BBC Travel. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  7. ^ Ottier Hart, Rachael (11 April 2024). "How to make Trinidad Doubles". Classic Bakes. Retrieved 11 April 2024.

External links

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