Guyanese food

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 …

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 …

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 …