Archive for the ‘Suriname’ Category
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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 [...]
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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, [...]
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Tempeh with spitskool (Surinamese-Javanese)
Friday, January 30th, 2009
This recipe, which I really love, is vegetarian and proves to me that vegetarian food can be healthy and delicious too! The recipe is almost the same as the one with tofu and eggplant because they have the same basics. However, the “tempeh” makes it taste completely different. Some clarifications, before we get to the recipe. [...]
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Javanese Chicken (Surinamese)
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Javanese chicken and bami are often eaten together in Suriname and can be found in many “eethuisjes” or “warungs” (Mom-and-Pop eating places). This is one dish that could be called a typical or traditional dish because it is very popular among the Surinamese people. After slavery was abolished, many immigrants were “gathered” (or tricked, depending on how you [...]
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Javanese Bami (Surinamese)
Sunday, January 18th, 2009
“Javaanse Bami” (Dutch translation) is a typical dish in Suriname. Bami (or bakmi) is an Indonesian type of noodles, however we have always used regular spagetti noodles in my family and it tastes just fine. Another name for this dish is “Bami Goreng” which is simply Indonesian for stir-fried noodles. Our recipe is quite different [...]
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Spicy Gugri (Surinamese-Indian)
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
Gugri or channa is the Indian name for chickpeas or garbanzo beans and I remember my mom preparing gugri for special occassions only. She would make spicy gugri as an appetizer or snack, but then with more of an Indonesian flavor than Indian. It was one of our favorite snacks, but she probably didn’t make [...]
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Saoto Soup (Surinamese-Javanese)
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
It’s New Year’s Eve (already) when I start this post and because I didn’t get a chance to post for the Christmas holidays, I was determined to write something on the last day of 2008. It’s been a heck of a year that seemed to fly by like a whirlwind! So this post did not [...]
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Moksi alesi (Surinamese)
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
A few weeks ago I made ‘Moksi alesi’ which means mixed rice. It is one of my favourite typical Surinamese meals and can be varied in different ways. You can prepare it with beans or vegetables (leaves) and with meat or fish or even both. You can also add coconut cream (or milk) if you like to give it a [...]
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Tofu with eggplant (Surinamese)
Saturday, December 20th, 2008
If you want to cook something that’s vegetarian, cheap and quick, this is the recipe for you! 180 grams of tofu (cut in cubes and fried) 1 eggplant (cut in cubes) 1 small onion (chopped) 4 pieces of garlic (chopped) 0,5 tomato (chopped) 2 salam leaves 0,5 tsp of sugar 3 tbsp of oil 3 tbsp [...]
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Bitter melon with dried shrimps (Surinamese)
Friday, September 26th, 2008
Yesterday I enjoyed eating bitter melon with dried shrimps and rice. This is a Surinamese dish and especially for eaters with guts because as the name says, this vegetable has a bitter taste. In Dutch we have the saying: “Bitter in de mond, maakt het hart gezond!” which can be translated as “Bitter in the mouth, [...]
