Victoria pineapple : Small pineapple from the Indian Ocean, sweet and tasty.
Tropical avocado : Giant avocado, much appreciated mainly in the Caribbean.
Banana, pink banana, apple banana and baby banana : Banana is declined under so many varieties, sizes, shapes and flavours that you should try all of them.
Plantain : This kind of banana, also called “yellow banana” in the French West-Indies, can only be eaten cooked, in either sweet or salted dishes.
Chow-chow or christophine : Very tender green and white vegetable, with a low calorie content, and delicious au gratin or boiled in salads.
Dasheen : Tropical tuber, getting bluish at cooking, that people enjoy in the Caribbean.
Ginger : It is one of the oldest spices in the world, well-known for its flavour and its tonic properties.
Okras or lady’s fingers : Small green and oblong vegetables, which have to be boiled and seasoned.
Gombo, okra ou lady’s finger : Okras or lady’s fingers: Small green and oblong vegetables, which have to be boiled and seasoned.
Yam : Tropical fine-fleshed tuber, very popular in the Caribbean and in Africa.
Jakato : West-African eggplant.
Lime : Smaller than lemon, lime is delightfully sour and juicy.
Mango : It is the most typical exotic fruit, with many varieties to taste and to enjoy.
Cassava : This tuber is the basis of African food.
Coconut : A must in the Islands.
Chive : A sort of onion that is an ingredient of West-Indian blood pudding.
Sweet potato : Sweet white, yellow or pink-fleshed tuber. People from the Caribbean enjoy it as a vegetable… or in jams or for dessert.
Scotch bonnet pepper : Green or red, easily recognizable, it is the hottest pepper in the world.
Chilli : Much smaller than Scotch bonnet pepper and oblong-shaped, it is the favourite pepper of people from the Indian Ocean.
Tamarind : Very sour fruit, delicious in jams or juices.
