Food of Grenada

Grenada is the Spice Isle, known for nutmeg, mace, cinnamon and cocoa. Oil down, the national dish, is a one-pot of breadfruit, salted meat and coconut milk, and fresh fish and lobster are plentiful. Cooking is fragrant and warm.

Oil down
National dish

Oil down

Breadfruit, dumplings and meat in coconut milk.

Staples

  • nutmeg
  • breadfruit
  • coconut
  • callaloo
  • fish
  • cocoa
  • provisions
  • saltfish

Signature flavors

  • nutmeg
  • mace
  • cinnamon
  • cloves
  • thyme
  • scotch bonnet

Main dishes

Oil down
Oil down

Breadfruit, dumplings and meat in coconut milk.

Key ingredients: breadfruit, coconut milk, salted meat, callaloo
Callaloo
Callaloo

Leaf soup.

Key ingredients: dasheen, coconut milk
Lambi souse

Conch in lime.

Key ingredients: conch, lime
Fried fish

Seasoned fried fish.

Key ingredients: fish
Rice and peas

Peas and rice.

Key ingredients: rice, peas
Stewed chicken

Chicken in sauce.

Key ingredients: chicken
Roti
Roti

Curry in flatbread.

Key ingredients: roti

Street food

Bakes and cheese

Fried bread.

Key ingredients: flour, cheese
Fish water

Spicy fish broth.

Key ingredients: fish, vegetables

Desserts and sweets

Nutmeg ice cream

Creamy island flavor.

Key ingredients: nutmeg, cream
Cocoa tea

Warm cocoa drink.

Key ingredients: cocoa
Spice cake

Spiced loaf.

Key ingredients: flour, spices

Drinks

Nutmeg syrup drink

Nutmeg juice.

Key ingredients: nutmeg
Sorrel
Sorrel

Hibiscus drink.

Key ingredients: hibiscusFull guide →

Fruits and produce

Nutmeg
Nutmeg

The Spice Isle's signature.

Cocoa

Local crop.

Breadfruit
Breadfruit

Staple.

Soursop
Soursop

Creamy.

Mango
Mango

Seasonal.

Dish guides from Grenada

Hibiscus tea (agua de jamaica, bissap)
Hibiscus tea (agua de jamaica, bissap)Drinks
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About this page

Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.

Photo credits
  • Cooking oil down 03: St. Georges U. S. Embassy, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Callaloo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/67276179@N08/, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • 2020-05-08 19 34 28 Chapati being made in a pan in the Franklin Farm section of Oak Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Hibiscus tea: Emna Mizouni, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Biji Pala Bubuk: Herusutimbul, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Artocarpus altilis (fruit): Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Annona muricata 1: Damien Boilley from suburbs of Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Mangos - single and halved: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)