Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for hot sauce doubles with cucumber chutney
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Trini-style soft pillows of fried bread sandwiching spiced chickpeas and served with a punchy cucumber chutneyDoubles are a delicious and popular Caribbean street food. They’re made up of two soft, puffy fried breads (or baras), hence the name doubles, stuffed with a filling of tasty chickpeas and eaten with chutney (cucumber, in today’s case). Unless you’ve tried them, however, it’s hard to do them justice – it’s a bit like telling someone who has never heard of Elton John that he’s a great pop...

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