A staple Jamaican dish made with rice cooked in coconut milk, kidney beans, and various seasonings
Patois: Mi can't have a Sunday dinner without rice and peas
English: I can't have a Sunday dinner without rice and peas
Popular meal traditionally eaten on Sundays by Jamaicans. This dish is normally made with rice and kidney beans/ pigeon peas and served along with chicken, fish or beef.
Patois: Di rice and peas laas Sundeh did sweet
English: The rice and peas last Sunday was delicious
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