THE SURINAMESE TRAVEL & VEGAN VERSION CUISINE GUIDE

EASY BREEZY

DORM STYLE COOKING 

WITH THE SATVIC CHEF!

Hmm! need to get invigorated 

Hiking Path on the Way to the Paramaribo Zoo

It's one of those mornings: getting up and then bursting full of this energy while I pick out my hiking route with a busy early Monday morning traffic here in Paramaribo, Suriname.  Last night, the other Dutch intern - whose my roommate - asked how to get buy with a small budget of groceries and still eat lavishly good here in Suriname, without getting bored on a blend diet of just rice, beans, pasta & tomato sauce. Being Dutch she mentioned that she hated the smell of Onions & Garlic.  So - I  thought- she came to the right place for me to demo this dorm style cooking of mine -which tastes as good as the gourmet version.

On my way back from my walk, I went to the Chinese supermarket and picked up the every day Surinamese canned staples like jarred red kidney beans in tomato sauce, some plant derived trans-fat free margarine and Roti from Fernandes Company Suriname

then from the vegetable vendors from the Surinamese Central Market - I bought some already cut-up asian bittermelon , fresh ginger and some yellow scotch bonnet peppers.   

After resting and taking a shower, I started my easy gourmet Monday Morning Brunch Preparation:

wash all your vegetables thoroughly!!

• cut up & seed the scotch bonnet pepper 
• grate the skin off the fresh ginger and dice it up
• open the jarred beans in tomato sauce
• prepare your spice mix: salt, pepper, some curry powder, Indo-Javanese spices like laos & kuntjur

Then follow these steps:

In a skillet melt about 2.5 table spoons of margarine

saute diced yellow pepper & ginger, then spices for 3 minutes and then add the sliced, washed & drained bittermelon to it

after saute of vegetables for another 7 minutes add the beans in tomato sauce to it

cut up two roties in 1/8 segments (just like cutting a round cake) & place in oven or toaster for 3 minutes to heat up

ENJOY YOUR BRUNCH!!!

BON APPETIT!!!

SMAKELIJK ETEN

(dutch)

NJANG SWETIE

(Surinamese Creole - Sranang Tongo)

Here is a tip how to deal with left over of your store bought  Fernandes -Roti after it has reached its experation date!!! 

• place in air-sealed bag and freeze up to 3 months, thaw and reheat
• cut it into stripes, cook with sugar, milk (cow's or nut milk) & spices like vanilla, cinnamon & cardamom
• turn it into either sweet or savory pita chips snack, by cutting it into small wedges, place on baking sheet, brush with margarine; 
• for savory -sprinkle salt, paprika & other spices 
• and for sweet - sprinkle sugar and cinnamon

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Home Grown Cherries in the backyard 

Regards!

Ratna Sadal, Founder CEO of THE SATVIC CHEF

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