Sweet Guyanese Style Bakes, despite its name, is a fried dough typically served with Sautéed Salt Fish and enjoyed for breakfast or brunch. It was brought to Guyana by enslaved…
Browsing Category Traditional Caribbean
Baigan Choka or Roasted Eggplant
I don’t have a gas cook top / stove / burner. My cook top and oven are electric. Which means there’s no flame for roasting peppers or tomatoes or other…
Bunjal Shrimp Curry
Bunjal Shrimp is a favorite in our home. I make it at least once a month. I first started making it when I was newly married. At that time I…
Cassava Egg Ball
Updated 4/12/2020: Cassava Egg Ball is one of my favorite childhood snacks. I am so grateful that I can now share this with my children. I updated the previous recipe…
Guyanese Parsad with Gluten Free Option
Guyanese Parsad is made with toasted flour, milk, sugar, butter and spices. It is connected to all of my memories of my grandmother Evelyn. She was a Hindu and made…
Guyanese Vanilla Fudge
Guyanese Vanilla fudge was one of those recipes I had to conquer. It wasn’t until in 2013 when I begged my aunt to share her fudge recipe and teach me…
Boil and Fry Channa {With Instant Pot Instructions}
Boil and fry channa is another one of those school yard, street food snacks that have followed me into adulthood. I LOVE chickpeas. In fact when I was in grad…
Sautéed Salt Fish
Sautéed Salt [Salted] Fish is a staple through out the Caribbean. Drying fish was a method used in perserving fish. It gives the fish a distinct texture. To learn more…
