Guyanese Recipes

Go ahead and taste this Guyanese saltfish and okra fry down. It will surprise you, for there is nothing slippery about it at all.

Cassava puffs are filling and delicious, plus they are Vegetarian and Low FODMAP. Follow the recipe, and enjoy the finished product without any guilt or tummy pains. These cassava puffs – with green specks of a homemade Guyanese-style chimichurri – served with a quick green mango sour, is a serious …

This Guyanese inspired ChowMein recipe is almost as good as the real thing. This Guyanese ChowMein recipe is inspired by the dish I grew up eating/ It is perfect for those times when the tummy-rumbling, mouth-watering craving for a bowl of childhood-comfort food is hard to ignore. What better than …

Although I do love my balanjay Guyanese style, I celebrate this vegetable in every cuisine! From mid-July to late September it is balanjay, aka eggplant, season. These sun soakers love the heat, and they are grown year round in hot countries where they are called by many names; aubergines, eggplants, …

  I had 3 hours to impress dinner guests, so what is the best way to do that? Do what I know and love best, make something inspired by Guyanese food. I love food, all cuisines. I love eating out, whether it is at a popular hole in the wall, …

In Guyana, these fish cakes were made with either local tropical fresh white fish, or with salted cod. But any fish will do, as long as it is well-seasoned and fried to perfection This Fish Cakes and Bread recipe is inspired by my days as a young school girl, when …

Bakes (known as bannocks) is the only hangover from colonisation that I will accept. The Scots brought their bread from Scotland and left a version of bannock wherever they touched down. I guess, not unlike a Guyanese bringing their cookup recipes, or Americans finding innovative ways to make burgers wherever …

This Herby Marinade is all you need for this time-saving aromatics in a jar! My mama and my sisters made this Guyanese Herby Marinade often, this aromatics is as much a part of our cuisine as all other Guyanese dishes. Guyana is made up of six cultural cuisines, hailing from …

It is Balanjay Choka aka eggplant season right now. Eggplants are most abundant from July to late September. There are many ways to use this gorgeous nightshade vegetable, so when the eggplant season rolls around I go mad making balanjay choka, our Guyanese style roasted eggplants. I love our Guyanese …

This Baked Chicken Drumsticks is made with my Kitsilano Masala, Guyanese Green Seasoning, Olive oil, and Greek tomato paste. 5 ingredients and 35 minutes. It is my easy-peasy go-to sheet pan Chicken Drumsticks recipe. Prepped in 10 minutes, placed on a parchment paper lined pan and into the oven it …

Cooking is as easy as one, two, three, with my Kitsilano Masala and Green seasoning. Go ahead and try this Guyanese Style Prawns Curry recipe. The economy is getting more ridiculous and so we must find ways to save money. Maybe we do less side-hustles and more stay-at-home on a …

Vegan foods are always on trend, but better than that is when it is a Guyanese Channa that is 100 percent gluten-free. Boiled-and-fried Channa is a popular Guyanese street food. Any time of the day or night you’d be able to find a brown paper sack filled with this fragrant boiled …