Guyanese soup and the sense of smell…how the work of a writer unfolds. A whiff of any Guyanese soup immediately pelts me back in time, right back to 1973. There you will find five-year-old me sitting at the dining table. Blowing into an enamel bowl emanating the mouthwatering scents of …
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Guyanese food
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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, …
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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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Leh we go for a quartuh. It is ten in the morning. This is Guyana we Guyanese does drink whenever we want, all day and all night, he turned to grin at his sidekick in the backseat. I looked back to see the dimwit slapping his knees and laughing in …