Archive for the ‘Vegetarian’ Category
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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 [...] -
Quick Chinese Cabbage
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Before dinner disappeared in our stomach last night, I remembered to take a picture of this super easy and quick vegetable dish.
Chinese cabbage is also known as Nappa and can be found in most grocery stores. Nappa seems to be more stem than leaf, but has a very mild flavor and can be eaten raw or [...] -
Pitjil – Javanese steamed vegetables
Sunday, October 4th, 2009
This must be one of the easiest and simplest vegetable dishes ever! It exists of various steamed vegetables, consumed with a spicy peanut sauce. Talking about NO fat! Or maybe it’s low-fat due to the peanut sauce
In daily Javanese cooking however, vegetables are seldom mixed and this dish is usually served on special [...] -
Red beet salad (Dutch)
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
This is going to sound weird, but I never knew there was a red beet salad recipe, until several years ago when Wilma put together this salad at my house. Before that I only knew how to use it
in Huzaren Salade and
as pickles to enhance a meal.I was pleasantly surprised about how refreshing it was and have to admit that I really enjoyed the salad. At [...]
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Quick salsa dip
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
I got this quick salsa dip from my Irish friend Ruth, who loves Mexican food! It’s really too easy to mess up and much better than salsa in a jar.
Serve with tortilla chips.
2 tomatoes
1/2 red onion
1 green chilli (or red if you prefer, green just looks nicer)
juice of 1/2 lime
Chop all of the above finely, [...] -
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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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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Garlic string beans
Saturday, March 7th, 2009
We often hear on the news how important it is to have a balanced diet, one that includes fruits and vegetables. We need the nutrients that fruits and vegetables provide, to help lower the risk of various diseases, but in spite of all the educational information coming out in journals, magazines and on the internet, most [...]
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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 [...] -
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.
What is [...]
