Last night I wanted something to snack on. And was feeling specifically for crunchy cheese sticks. So somewhere close to midnight I was mixing up a dough with Gloucester cheese, mustard and cracked black pepper. Fortunately, some sanity came to me, and I only baked a few. Saved the rest in the fridge to bake [...]
Category Archives: recipes
Gulab Jamoon Recipe
February 4, 2007 – 11:07 pm
This is Trini Gulab Jamoon. I say “Trini” because I have had gulab jamoon in Indian restaurants in the UK and from friends in Barbados etc where their gulab jamoon was more like our ras goolah. Fried balls served or soaked in a syrup. This is fried balls of rich dough yes, but glazed with [...]
Coconut Sweetbread Recipe
January 7, 2007 – 11:01 am
Trini sweetbread is usually a great thing. Coconut, spices and a slightly crumbly texture. Mmm. That’s what it’s about. However, that doesn’t stop people from making hard, dry, flavourless things and calling it sweetbread. I don’t mind if you put raisins, or cherries or mixed peel in it – to each his own. But put [...]
Accra Recipe
January 7, 2007 – 10:12 am
Lest anyone think this blog is really Chennette’s Mom’s food, here I am posting a recipe for something that I worked out myself. Well, not completely myself. With contributions along the way, certainly, from Mom and my co-developer back in my student days. You see, when I was in Barbados, I had the Bajan fish [...]
Doubles Recipe
December 30, 2006 – 11:38 pm
Mom made doubles! when she came to visit in Guyana. Yay! Of course we were all a bit skeptical because my mother never made real doubles in our life…she turns up her nose at the street bara which are made with ONLY flour and are therefore thin and insubstantial. Her “doubles” used healthier bara made [...]
Paratha and Maleeda Recipes
November 30, 2006 – 7:53 pm
Due to popular demand (ok TWO requests, but the last one was signed “Desperate Trini in NYC”) I am posting a recipe for Maleeda. Maleeda is a Indo-Trini sweet, made with a base of paratha roti (buss-up-shut). I could assume that the potential maleeda makers know how to make paratha, but that may be cruel, [...]
Barfi Recipe!!
October 17, 2006 – 11:00 pm
I am recovering – it’s been 20 days since I first started manifesting these symptoms of typhoid fever and I think they’ve gone by now. I am still battling the super strong anitbiotics, but all to get the typhoid bacteria OUT of my system for good. Strong enough to participate in the discussion “Menu for [...]
Trini Chicken Pelau!!
February 19, 2006 – 2:06 pm
Voila! Trini Chicken Pelau, the 2nd attempt!! Sunday lunch. One of the national foods of Trinidad and Tobago. Complete with salad. I originally posted a photo and recipe for the chicken pelau here but the picture was not of the best. So I try again. I love this dish so why not. And a salad [...]
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