Home-cooked recipes that leave your soul happy. Many of my recipes are inspired by the food my Guyanese parents & grandparents cooked for me.
Recipes & Methods
Jerk style Chicken wings
MEAT
A quick and tasty take on jerk chicken wings, using a non traditional cooking method.
Fry Okra
VEGETARIAN / VEGAN
This 4 ingredient dish is a real comfort meal for me, perfectly fried okra with a hint of cumin…a wholesome vegan meal.
Guyanese Fry Aloo (Potatoes)
VEGETARIAN / VEGAN
A super quick and tasty vegan dish, that uses only a few ingredients is a popular dinner choice in most Guyanese households.
A simple and satisfying wholesome dish, I’m sharing my grandmother's recipe with you, so enjoy it!
Corned Beef and Aloo (potato)
MEAT
A staple in most Caribbean households. This dish is ready in 20 mins flat and is a crowd pleaser every, time, typically served with white rice, but I love mine with either fried bake or roti.
Each household will have its own version of making this wholesome dish, here’s mine.
Saltfish Cakes
FISH
These crispy balls of deliciousness were one of my favourite snacks that my mum would make, dunked in some hot pepper sauce or mango sour they would never last long - best eaten hot off the stove
Bake and Saltfish
FISH
This dish is a typically Caribbean dish, each household, and each Caribbean country will have its own way of making it, and many traditionally have it for breakfast.
Guyanese Oil Roti
VEGETARIAN / VEGAN
The perfect accompaniment to any curry. Soft, flaky warm oil roti (or some call it paratha roti). Here’s my mum’s recipe. I’m yet to master getting them round every time, but it’s the taste that counts!
Boneless Guyanese Lamb Curry
MEAT
This is my trusted Lamb Curry recipe. It’s actually my mum’s recipe so I can’t really claim it as mine! It's an instant crowd pleaser every time! I’m team potatoes when it comes to curry, I always want potatoes in my curry, but if they are not for you, you can just leave them out. For me, they definitely add flavour and thicken up the gravy. I like my lamb on the bone for curry. If you do too this recipe still works just swap out the boneless meat for meat on the bone.
Mac and Cheese / Macaroni Pie
VEGETARIAN / VEGAN
This is my foolproof Mac & Cheese recipe! A crispy stringy cheesy comforting side dish, for me this dish goes alongside a big Sunday dinner of Oxtail, rice and peas, fried plantain and callaloo! But it’s equally delicious eaten with fried chicken or just on its own!
Jamaican Oxtail Stew
MEAT
This dish requires slow Sunday cooking. You can’t rush it, it needs to take its time and ideally you want to season your meat the night before, so save this recipe for when you’ve got enough time and fancy a slow lazy Sunday. All the rich delicious, melt in the mouth goodness makes this is the perfect soul food Sunday meal.
Carrot Cake
NUTS
This quick and easy carrot loaf cake is always a crowd pleaser. The orange zest in the icing gives it that extra boost of flavour too.
Green Seasoning
VEGAN
A key ingredient when cooking any meat or fish dish in the Caribbean, it can also be used to add flavour to any vegetarian or vegan dish too.
Guyanese Chicken Curry
MEAT
Yes, I said chicken curry and not curry chicken. This is a staple in most Guyanese households. My recipe is pinched from my mum because we all know mums chicken curry is the best!
Guyanese Pholourie
VEGAN
Pholourie is a type of fritter made with seasoned split pea flour. The batter is thick but runny enough to be dropped into hot oil, then shallow-fried until golden brown. Crispy on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside! Delicious served with some mango sour or tamarind chutney.
Sausage Tray Bake
MEAT
A fantastic winter warmer, wholesome, full of flavour and healthy! I've used 50% pork sausages for this recipe, the remainder 50% of the sausage is made from vegetables (chickpea, spinach and red pepper) they are from Waitrose, but any sausages of your choice would work in this dish.
Homemade Hummus
VEGAN
Once you master this homemade hummus recipe you’ll never want to buy shop bought hummus again. Great for using up tins of chickpeas in the back of your pantry. It’s the perfect work from home snack, great for kids and is an excellent all-rounder for picnics!
Homemade Pepper Sauce
VEGAN
A staple in any Caribbean household, each will have its own method of making it. And it can be added to any dish to give it a fuller flavour that packs a punch!
