Saheena

Saheena is a street food and snack in the Trinidad and Tobago cuisine. The dish traces back to indentured labourers from South Asia. After the end of slavery in Trinidad in 1840, the plantations—which dominated the island's economy at the time—needed a cheap substitute for slave labour. It was found in contract workers from British India. From 1840 on, workers were recruited in large numbers who had to commit themselves for five years minimum and were promised five acres of land as a reward. Until World War I, 145,000 workers, mainly East Indian, migrated to Trinidad, adapting their recipes to the supply of ingredients found in their new home. According to the Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, the term saheena derives from the Bihari group of languages and means delicious or savoury. The term saheena is a collective noun and is used in singular and plural form. Saheena is an ordinary dish and is prepared at home as well as bought from takeaway stores and stalls. It is also served as a side dish on festive occasions such as Divali or Eid. Mobile breakfast stalls that sell doubles, the most popular breakfast in Trinidad, often also sell saheena. While many dishes from Indo-Trinidadian cuisine are popular on other Caribbean islands, saheena remains a dish prevalent in Trinidad only.

Source: Wikipedia