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Stew Pigeon Peas and Rice 2009-01-19 19:47:00 Pigeon peas (Cajanus cajan) is widely grown in Trinidad and Tobago. I could remember well, going to the garden to pick peas with my mother and uncle.... The tall trees were laden with peas waiting to be picked. They were a beauty to look at; a sea of green, red and yellow hues that swayed in the wind in unison. The boughs drooped under the weight of firm, fat peas and still more flowers were in
Provision Soup 2009-01-15 10:09:00 Ground provision is very close to to my heart when it comes to Trini cooking. They go along great with so many other things you can find in a trini kitchen. You can have provision and saltfish, smoke herring, callaloo, smoke bone.... almost anything. Of course you may remember that I did Provision and Saltfish already so today I'm showing you another way we Trinidadians love to cook provision.As
Trini Fry Rice 2009-01-14 19:50:00 What is Fry Rice? Fry rice is a dish influenced by our chinese culture in Trinidad and Tobago that everyone regardless of race in my opinion knows how to cook. We usually make this at home for a special occasion, like someone's birthday or on Sunday. In this instance we made it on Sunday just to heave something special for lunch.Everyone has there own way of making fried rice but the the recipe is
Curry Corned Beef and Rice 2009-01-12 23:12:00 Picture this, you're home and your belly "boiling" and all you could find in the pantry is a tin of corned beef, two potatoes, some rice and a little "end" of curry in a pack. What could you cook quickly to satisfy this raging hunger? Well, I have just the thing, Curry
Corned Beef and Rice. This meal will set that hunger straight and have you filled for a few hours. Indeed this is a fast cook and
Peanut Punch 2009-01-11 18:44:00 I've always considered peanut punch as more of a drink for men because of the amount of ENERGY it gives you. This power packed drink has been a favourite of mine even before those punch men were serving it up on their stalls. But I must admit that the punch men have really mastered the art of making a good peanut punch.Perhaps it's the protein and fat content that give it its popularity among the Read more:Peanut
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Pancakes 2009-01-09 07:29:00 This morning was bright and sunny. Maybe I could safely say that the dry season has started. The ground is drying up now after the rains have fallen for the past few months. The cloudless sky indicates only one thing to me; plenty of hot sun in our tail for carnival. Anyhow, this is the beginning of a good year.Since the morning was so nice, and a change from all that rain, my wife decided to make Read more:Pancakes
Cheesy Potatoes 2009-01-07 11:03:00 As you all may know, I am fond of all things with lots of cheese, such as macaroni pie, pizza and green fig pie. This time I have for you cheesy potatoes, another of my favorites. It tastes so good you don't need any sauce for it, but if you like you can add a good stew chicken with it or as I tell my wife, a little cheese sauce at the side wouldn't hurt :^). It tastes cheesy because of the white Read more:Cheesy
Simply Trini Cooking Calendar 2009 2009-01-05 21:00:00 To kick off the New Year, I've decided to give you all my first simply trini cooking calendar. We spent a lot of time on it getting the format just right. The picture below shows how it looks. As you can see we also added Spanish and French for my international visitors. I could just imagine how it will look on glossy paper. Of course, if you want, you can email, print and give it away to your f Read more:Calendar
That's a Wrap! 2008-12-31 11:22:00 2008 was a good year for me and the blog. I have met wonderful people online and offline and it has been a pleasure posting these recipes. Again I want to thank all my foodie friends, visitors and followers for your support. So to close off this first year I leave with you recipes and highlights of the year gone by.Fry Bake and SaltfishBrown sugar fudgeSada Roti and Baigan ChokaCow Heel SoupTomat
Black Eyed Peas and Rice 2008-12-31 10:17:00 I'm not sure if eating black eyed peas and rice on Old Years (New Years Eve) makes you lucky, but for as long as I could remember we have been having this meal on this day; if any other day for the whole year. The origin also seems lost in time, but I believe that it may have come from the African slaves. I noticed that it is also a tradition in the United States because they prepare a dish called Read more:Black
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Shrimp Wantons 2008-12-29 18:33:00 Who does not like wantons? Well I do and I especially like it with shrimp, chicken, egg or what have you; fried of course and maybe sometimes in a soup.; if I'm in the mood. This is a staple in any Chinese restaurant you may visit in Trinidad and Tobago. When you go to order you will , most of the time, hear someone asking for their regular order ...and a dozen fried wantons. I really love that cr Read more:Shrimp
One Year Already ! 2008-12-28 10:32:00 (Singing)Happy birthday to me,Happy birthday to me,Happy birthday to me....Well, actually, it's not my birthday, but the blog's birthday. Yes folks, it has been a wonderful year of blogging; full of excitement, adventure, and most importantly, Trini recipes. On this journey I have already met food bloggers like myself who share that passion for food. So, I would like the thank God, first of all f
Trini Christmas Ham 2008-12-24 21:04:00 To top off my posts today I will like to end with Trini Christmas
ham. I won't talk like I'm used to, I'll just let the pictures do the talking. Merry Christmas everyone. CHRISTMAS HAM 1 ham2 tbsp soya sauce1 tbsp pepper3 tbsp creole seasoning½ cup ketchup1 tsp black pepperwhole cloves Boil the ham and set asideIn a bowl, mix the ingredients for the glazeCover the ham wi
Ginger Beer 2008-12-24 20:00:00 Coming at you again with another Trini Christmas recipe; this time I have for you Ginger
Beer. This is a fermented drink that is popular around Christmas time in Trinidad and Tobago. The ginger is fermented from any where between a day to a week depending on how strong you want it. This is a drink I didn't like while growing up, but somehow I got used to its taste and now I can't get enough. I pre
Ponche De Crème 2008-12-24 16:15:00 Now we are getting into the hard stuff. Ponche de Crème or Punch ah Crème is one of our homemade alcoholic drinks that we love to consume during the Christmas season. And being 100% Trini I decided that I must have some in my fridge for Christmas. Making it was simple and straightforward and I thoroughly savoured my first glass for the season.I could have shared mine with you all but we haven
Curry Mango 2008-12-24 06:20:00 Although we are in the Christmas season I feel obliged to post this recipe. I am fulfilling a request from an email I got a few weeks ago from Farhana. I just happened to get some long mango, even though mango is not in season, so I decided to do the post. Curry
mango is another side dish that goes great with roti or rice along with curry chicken, channa, potato and a little kuchela or chutney, bu Read more:Mango
Trinidad Sponge Cake 2008-12-23 19:41:00 The Christmas season is really in full swing now. At home, my wife and mother are really cooking up a storm. Of course, I'm in the thick of it all, taking out the photos and doing up the posts and multitasking 101 things all at the same time. Since I last posted the black cake I decided to just put up as many of the recipes I have, just waiting to be posted. It will be a little tiresome but It wi Read more:Trinidad
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Trinidad Black Cake 2008-12-22 23:39:00 Black cake, another trini favourite during the Christmas season, is not only popular during the Christmas season but also year round, especially at weddings. It seems that black cake is a Caribbean thing also. I believe everyone makes it. Its popularity could be attributed to a few reasons; probably it's because of the alcohol because I've tasted some black cake that, if you ate too much it, cou Read more:Black
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Trinidad Beef Pie (Pastry) 2008-12-21 14:30:00 I love beef pies, especially its crusty dough. It is popular here in Trinidad
and Tobago, from weddings to beach limes. But one pie never seems to be enough. Just like the puffs, I feel I could easily eat about a dozen in one go. It just seems to raise my appetite everytime. My wife had been searching for some time now for a good beef pie recipe for me to post. One that will certainly have that cr Read more:Pastry
Green Fig (Banana) Salad 2008-12-19 05:52:00 Ah! green fig, truly a Caribbean staple. We just can't do without green bananas in our cooking. We use it in soups with other provision, in drinks, in pies and now today we have it in a salad. I have to mention again that when we refer to fig in the Caribbean we are really talking about bananas and not the other type of fig that is commonly known. Green
figs are totally nutritious containing vitam Read more:Salad
Trini Bhaji Rice 2008-12-18 05:16:00 Bhaji rice is another wonderful "one pot" dish that is really delicious. This rice dish belongs to, what I would term, the mixed rice family. Earlier on I posted Split peas rice and an Ochro rice which you would notice has somewhat the same procedure when cooking, save for maybe a little variation with the use of different meats to flavour the pot.In the split peas rice we used saltfish and in th
Sorrel Drink 2008-12-16 16:49:00 To me Sorrel
is synonymous with Christmas in Trinidad and Tobago. In every home you can find this drink being made in preparation for invited guests or parranderos during the Christmas season. The drink is made from the bright, red sepals of the sorrel plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) that is sour in taste.Now this sorrel should not be confused with the other sorrel (Rumex acetosa) that has the same Read more:Drink
Lentil Patties 2008-12-15 19:18:00 Although we are in the Christmas season celebrating, with all the meat dishes like pastelles and baked ham etc. , I feel that a day or two during the week could be meatless or limited in the amount of meat, so that the body could recover from all the food from the staff parties and dinners and limes that you attend (also with the price of groceries these days I think this will also be good for y Read more:Lentil
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Trinidad Flour Pastelle 2008-12-13 23:00:00 This is the second type of pastelle made in Trinidad
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pastelle has its crowd of fans of which my wife would be part. She just loves flour pastelles and sometimes we could go on and on debating which is the better of the two types but I stand firm with my cornmeal pastelle.Now my wife explained her reason why they made flour pastelle, instead of cornmeal pastelle, at home and you will find
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