Jamaican Ingredient Substitution Chart
Can't find some of the Caribbean ingredients in your local supermarket?
Try substituting these items
in Jamaican recipes:
|
Jamaican
food |
Local
Equivalent |
| pumpkin or calabeza |
acorn Hubbard or butternut squash |
| callaloo |
spinach |
| cho-cho |
squash |
| christophene or chayote
|
squash |
| dasheen |
potato |
| mango |
peach |
| Scotch Bonnet |
hot pepper of your choice |
| escallion |
green onion tips |
| saffron | turmeric |
