Archive for the ‘Suriname’ Category
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Bruine bonen met rijst (beans & rice)
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Also called “B.B. met R” which is the Dutch abbreviation for “Bruine Bonen met Rijst” (Brown/Kidney Beans with Rice). The closest thing to this Surinamese national dish I have had in the States, is the Cajun “Beans and Rice,” with Andouille (Cajun sausage) and ground meat (recipe coming soon). You could add these too, but if you want the [...]
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Visiting Domburg warungs
Monday, January 18th, 2010
Happy New Year everyone!
About time I added a blogpost! Can’t believe it took me almost 3 weeks to adjust and get back into my normal routine. When we came back we went from 80 tropical to 28 frigid degrees Fahrenheit and combined with jetlag it was AWFUL! Since then it even dipped into the 15s [...] -
Baka Bana (Javanese plantain fritters)
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Baka bana is Surinamese for baked (fried) bananas (plantains) and much easier to remember than the Javanese name Pisang Goreng.
Pisang = banana, and Goreng = cooked or fried.
We call plantains bananas, which is a bit confusing in English as the banana is the type that does not require cooking. Plantains should be cooked first by [...] -
Curry Chicken Surinamese style (Indian)
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Growing up in the Surinamese melting pot of cultures, I was exposed to curry dishes from Indian friends during their holidays or at parties. Since we love spicy food, we like any type of curry, but never so much as the Brittons who had a Curry Festival in London this week! They even refer to [...]
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Debbie’s Chinese fried rice
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
A few weeks ago I was in the mood for making Chinese fried rice, but it would be one of those what-you-have-in-the pantry dishes. Not the way to go when preparing a dish, but sometimes you have to adapt to the situation and I didn’t feel like going to the grocery store that day.
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Food for the heart
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
We hear it on the news all the time: heart disease is the number one worldwide killer of men and women. A shocking statistic is that heart disease -not cancer like most of us think- causes 40 percent of all the deaths in the U.S.A. However, many times this can be prevented or treated by [...]
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Maizena Cookies
Monday, March 30th, 2009
Can’t have gluten but craving cookies? Here’s a recipe for you! But beware…. they are very addictive and most people I know can easily eat four to five in the blink of an eye.
Maizena cookies are light, not too sweet and they are gluten-free!
In stead of flour, we use cornstarch which can be found in the [...] -
Nasi Goreng (Surinamese)
Sunday, March 8th, 2009
The beauty of growing up in my family and in Suriname was the exposure of a large variety of dishes. No two are alike as you will see in the recipe below. Even within Indonesian or Chinese cooking there are different styles of fried rice by changing or omitting some of the ingredients. Soy sauce for example will [...]
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Green beans and corn vegetable dish
Monday, February 16th, 2009
When I grew up, we always had vegetables for lunch or dinner. In fact, my Mom always cooked more vegetables than meat, but the way she prepared the veggies was so delicious that we didn’t even miss the meat or fish.
She used the stir fry technique a lot, which keeps the vegetables crunchy, while maintaining [...] -
Spicy Javanese Chicken (Surinamese)
Sunday, February 15th, 2009
Here’s a spicy variation of the Javanese Chicken, which is how I prefer to prepare this dish.
The difference with the regular Javanese Chicken is that I use some curry, fresh Habanero, Scotch Bonnet or Madame Jeannette peppers and a little bit more sugar.
1 lb chicken, cut up
0,5 onion, sliced
3 cloves garlic, chopped
0,5 tomato
0,5 tsp black [...]
