It's been a long time I ent enjoy an #Aloo(Potato) Pie like I did today in #PersadSt, #Caroni.
A couple VERY good friends told me of a little pie shop, close to the #CaroniHinduPrimarySchool that sells huge aloo pies, but the interesting thing is the ingredients. #BakshPieShop is very popular to the residents of that Caroni Proper area and especially the school children of the TWO schools close by. I'm sure ah go geh cuss once again for divulging this "secret spot", lol.
Baksh has been selling Pies and Rotis in this area for over 40 years, in a van, but it was only 15 years now that they took up residence at Persad St, close to their home. The shop is open only on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, from 6 to 9am, and only sells pies now and they ARE GREAT!!
Trinidadian pies are basically made of flour and kneaded like bread but bigger and more doughy. They are filled with #mashedpotatoes that has been slightly seasoned with indian spices(cumin, shadon beni, garlic and onion) and that in itself is a meal, BUT these pies are known for added ingredients. The popular choices of pies are two local combinations; one is a mixture of #thick slabs of cheddar cheese and curried #channa(#chickpeas), and then there's the #stewedchicken and #chowmein mixture that has the crowd coming back for more. Both are enhanced with local condiments of mango kuchela and spicy pepper sauce. I ent lying to tell you this is definitely #FoodieRunTTApproved. I brought a couple home and the family lapped them up.
Now I would suggest that you use the WAZE app to find this location, it's off of the Southern Main Rd, east of Licensing Office Headquarters. I actually added it as I was there, so just look for Baksh Pie Shop on the app, it's there now. Go check it out... Thanks Cindy and Nyala C Mohammed, luv ya.
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