Comments on: Shado Beni explained.

By: sjw5404

sjw5404 — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:08:28 +0000

Hi Kitty I live in NY and watched a spanish cooking show where they made suffrito. One of the ingrediants was culantro which I found out is also called "shado beni" which is available in most produce markets. I agree with you

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 01:22:16 +0000

This herb is called "sneki wiwiri (snake weed) in Suriname. It is used for preparing homeopathic medicins. Surinamese people do not eat it. I know that in Brazil and French Guyana it is used in fish dishes. I also do.

By: Trinidad Stew Chicken « Veena Maharajh Expresses Creativity

Trinidad Stew Chicken « Veena Maharajh Expresses Creativity — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:25:21 +0000

[...] sliced or crushed 1 medium onion – chopped 1 medium tomato – chopped 3 tablespoon cilantro (or shado beni) chopped 1 1/2 cups water 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 1/4 hot pepper (only if you like your food [...]

By: ilovemnm

ilovemnm — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 06:47:47 +0000

HELP! How much shado beni should I use when making the green season paste?

By: jema

jema — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:23:50 +0000

When we got sick we used to boil it and drink the water as a tea when I was a child back home in Trinidad! To this day I can’t stand the smell or the tatse of it! Maybe that’s why I hate cilantro so much too!!

By: kitty

kitty — Fri, 20 May 2011 02:16:38 +0000

Chris: first off, I really like this website. A big thanks! I found it while trying to find a recipe for pickled christophenes. still unsuccessful on that, so if anyone knows a recipe for pickled christophenes I'd love it. I had them in St. Vincent.

I'm always trying to cook all sorts of Caribbean dishes since I live in Miami. I'm trying to figure out what "shado beni" is called here since I've never heard that term here – I think its culantro, is that correct? Its got spines on the sides of the leaves? and taste kind of similar to cilantro but stronger? I ask because the picture is not what I have growing as culantro.
If your shado beni is the same as culantro, then "Recaito" is the same as your Green Seasoning according to my Puerto Rico cook friends. Recaito is used mainly in Puerto Rican dishes from what I gather. I guess everyone and every region has their own version. Recaito is made with culantro, cilantro, garlic, onion, and cubanelle pepper. The trouble is is trying to follow these recipes is that everyone has a different name for everything!

By: Chi

Chi — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:32:12 +0000

Got da mangos got de garlic BUT where could i get de SHADO BENI inda uk ! Help …………

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:15:06 +0000

I am so excited that I at last found recao…what culantro is called in St. Croix. I live in Costa Rica now and my Tico husband thought I was crazy calling culantro recao. I was trying to explain this green sauce that we used and NOW I have the recipe for that as well…many thanks to you. I will be making my Caribbean green seasoning this week using culantro (which is used in everything here).