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Callaloo (sometimes calaloo or kallaloo) is a popular Caribbean dish originating in West Africa served in different variants across the Caribbean. The main ingredient is a leaf vegetable, traditionally either amaranth (known by many local names, including ''callaloo'' or ''bhaaji''), taro or ''xanthosoma''. Both are known by many names, including ''callaloo, coco, tannia, bhaaji'', or ''dasheen'' bush. Because the leaf vegetable used in some regions may be locally called "callaloo" or "callaloo bush", some confusion can arise among the vegetables and with the dish itself. Outside of the Caribbean, water spinach is occasionally used. Trinidadians and Dominicans primarily use taro/dasheen bush for callaloo, although Dominicans also use water spinach. Jamaicans, Belizeans and Guyanese on the other hand use the name callaloo to refer to amaranth, and use it in a plethora of dishes and also a drink ('callaloo juice'). The 'callaloo' made in Jamaica is different from the 'callaloo' made in Trinidad and Tobago in terms of main ingredient (the leaf used) and other ingredients included (for example, Jamaicans tend to use only callaloo leaf, salt, onions, and scallions, and simply steam the vegetable, while Trinidadians use okra and coconut milk to make a different dish with a different taste and consistency). ==Plant sources for callaloo leaves== *Taro, also called ''dasheen'' in the West Indies, the leaves of this root crop are used in the Trinidadian version of the dish. *Tannia or malanga (''Xanthosoma'') called ''calalu'' in Puerto Rico *Amaranth species include ''Amaranthus spinosus'' used in the West Indies; ''Amaranthus flavus'' is a yellow variety used in Brazil and known as ''caruru''; ''Amaranthus viridis'' in Jamaica ; ''Amaranthus tricolor'' in the Caribbean *Pokeweed species, ''Phytolacca octandra'' or "West Indian foxglove" (no relation to garden foxglove, genus ''Digitalis'') *Nightshade species, ''Solanum americanum'' *Water spinach (''Ipomoea aquatica''; a form of morning glory) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「callaloo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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