Fire Roasted Choka comes from the two small Caribbean Island countries of Trinidad & Tobago, just off the coast of Venezuela. Fire Roasted Choka is a "slang term" used by Trini's for an appetizer. 2mayto 2mato currently produces Angela's Original Fire Roasted Tomato and Angela's Original Fire Roasted Biagan Choka. Both have ingredients of pepper, onion, garlic, vegetable oil, spices and cumin. The unique taste of Angela's Original Fire Roasted Choka is obtained by two "secret" steps learned from her mother, by Angela Ramdass, owner of 2mayto 2mato. Angela grew up in Trinidad, and has been making Fire Roasted Choka all her life. Whenever she served it to friends and family it disappeared very quickly. Those same friends and family members told her she could sell Fire Roasted Choka because it tasted so fresh and unique.
This year she began selling her fresh Fire Roasted Choka and Fire Roasted Eggplant Choka at local farmers' markets. Within the first hour and a half, of her first market, she was SOLD OUT! That trend has continued up to today. It appears her friends really knew what they were talking about when they said, "Angela, you could sell this!" |
