Tuesday, 19 July 2016
SPICY HABANERO GEERA CHICKEN
Sunday, 17 July 2016
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
RUM PUNCH
When most people think about the Caribbean one of the things which comes to mind is sipping on a cold glass of rum punch, decorated with slices of fresh fruit while sitting taking in the rays on white sandy beach. This is a very simple drink that can be made with at home ingredients including lime or lemon juice, water, aromatic bitters, rum, syrup and nutmeg.
GINGER BEER
Traditional ginger beer is a naturally sweetened and carbonated, non alcoholic beverage. It is produced by the natural fermentation of prepared ginger spice, yeast and sugar. This home made ginger beer consist of water, ginger, sugar or cinnamon to taste and cloves.
BENTLEY
This is made similar to the rum punch. The only difference is that club soda is added and rum is omitted. There are two other variations in which you can make this drink and they are limeade and lemonade.
LIMEADE: Omit club soda and bitters and increase water. Add a few drops of green food colouring to limeade if desired.
LEMONADE; Same as limeade substituting lemon juice for lime juice.
SUGAR CANE WINE
The sugar cane is placed in a clean jar with sugar, water and yeast for nine to ten days in a cool dark place. You will strain and wait two weeks until you can bottle it. This will give the alcohol enough time to ferment.
PINEAPPLE RIPPLE DRINK
This process is lengthy just as the sugar cane wine. You will cut the pineapple into small pieces and place in a bowl with ginger and boiling water and preferably leave to cool overnight. After you can strain and sweeten with sugar. Consume with ice and more sugar if necessary.
INDIAN SWEETS
BARFI
Barfi is one of the most popular indian sweets by children due to the presence of rainbow sprinkles on the top. It is sinfully sweeta and contains a lot of milk. Some people even put nuts such as almonds in the barfi.
Nutrition Facts (Serving Size 46g): 150 Calories, with 66 from Fat
15.5g Sugars
7.3g Fat, with 2.2 being Saturated
4.4g Protein
Daily Percentage Value: 5% Vitamin A
2% Vitamin C
10% Calcium
2% Iron
PARSAD
Parsad is very popular and made mostly by Hindus. It is used during prayer ceremonies as an offering to God and then given to people. Almonds, cherries and raisins are added to the parsad to enhance its flavours and give an extra sweetness to it.
Nutrition Facts (Serving Size 158g): 430 Calories, with 166 from Fat
18.5g Fat, with 11.5 being Saturated
17.2g Sugars
7.1g Protein
Daily Percentage Value: 3% Vitamin A
3% Vitamin C
15% Calcium
10% Iron
RASGULLA
This Indian delicacy by far is the sweetest. It is made with milk and sugar and it is further soaked in a home made simple sugar syrup. This is the perfect dish for all those people with sweet tooth.
Nutrition Facts (Serving Size 148g): 614 Calories, with 227 from Fat
25.2g Fat, with 3.4 being Saturated
75.7g Sugars
17.3g Protein
Daily Percentage Value: 18% Vitamin A
48% Vitamin C
7% Calcium
6% Iron
SAWINE
This dish is very popular in the Muslim community since it is prepared for Eid. You can vary the sweetness by the amount of condensed milk added. Cherries, raisins and sliced almonds are added to the sawine to enhance the flavour and balance the sweetness.
Nutrition Facts (Serving Size 237g): 425 Calories, with 144 from Fat
16.0g fat, with 808g Saturated
9.0g Sugars
15.8g Protein
Daily Percentage Value: 9% Vitamin A
7% Vitamin C
51% Calcium
8% Iron
KURMA
Kurma is used by bith Hindus and Muslims. It is simply made from flour and milk, It is fried and rolled in sugar.
Nutrition Facts (Serving Size 57g): 215 Calories, with 52 from Calories
5.8g Fats, with 1.1g Saturated
19.0g Sugars
2.7g Protein
Daily Percentage Value: 2% Vitamin A
0% Vitamin C
2% Calcium
6% Iron
ROTI
SADHA ROTI
Sadha roti is very popular in Trinidad. A lot of people enjoy having this for breakfast with a talkari of their choice. Sadha is not hard to make since it just consist of flour, water, salt, yeast and baking powder.
Nutrition Facts (Serving Size 110g): 230 Calories, with 6 from fat
0.6g Fat, with 0.1 being Saturated
1.1g Sugars
6.6g Protein
Daily Percentage Value: 0% Vitamin A
0% Vitamin C
18% Calcium
18% Iron
PARATHA ROTI
Paratha roti, is also known as "buss up shut". It has requires oil and butter where as in sadha neither is required. This roti is enjoyed by many with any curried meat such as chicken, duck or goat.
Nutrition Facts ( Serving Size 121g): 349 Calories, with 148 from Fat
16.5g Fat, with 2.5g being Saturated
1.0g Sugars
5.9g Protein
Daily Percentage Value:5% Vitamin A
0% Vitamin C
18% Calcium
16% Iron
ALOO PUREE (POTATO ROTI)
With aloo puree roti, you have a choice whether you want to eat the roti with or without a talkari. The aloo inside the roti is is prepared seperately before it is placed in the roti. This potato mixture requires onion, garlic, cumin (geera), hot pepper to taste and salt.
Nutrition Facts (Serving Size 169g): 302 Calories, with 42 from Fat
4.7g Fat, with 2.5 being Saturated
1.6g Sugars
1.6g Sugars
7.8g Protein
Daily Percentage Value: 3% Vitamin A
14% Vitamin C
20% Calcium
20% Iron
CHAPATI
The chapati is lower in calories and provides more protein and fiber, both of which help keep you feeling full for longer. This roti can also be enjoyed with any talkari of your choice.
Nutrition Facts: 71 calories
3 g of protein
0.4 g of fat
15 g of carbohydrates
3 g of protein
0.4 g of fat
15 g of carbohydrates
CREOLE FOOD
OIL DOWN
Oil down is very popular in Trinidad. It consist of breadfruit, callaloo, thyme, celery, chive, hot pepper for spice and coconut milk for creaminess. This is best served with stewed chicken.
Nutrition Facts (Serving Size 330g): 369 Calories, with 136 from fat
15.2g Fat, with 12.9 being Saturated
0.2 Sugars
15.3g Protein
Daily Percentage Value: 4% Vitamin A
111% Vitamin C
10% Calcium
14% Iron
PELAU
Pelau is a very popular meal that is made for small gatherings since it is a one pot meal. This requires chicken,green seasoning, worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, pimento and hot pepper. This meal can be accompanied with slices of avocados or a tomato and onion salad.
Nutrition Facts (Serving Size 420g): 636 Calories, with 214 from Fat
23.8gFat, with14.6 from Fat
3.9g Sugars
44.4g Protein
Daily Percentage Value: 18% Vitamin A
52% Vitamin C
7% Calcium
23% Iron
SALTFISH WITH GROUND PROVISION
Saltfish with ground provision is very healthy since it contains so much nutrients. The ground provision is simply prepared by boiling with the skin and peeled when finished. One bit of advice I would suggest is to boil the saltfish first to remove any extra salt.
Nutrition Fact (Serving Size 257g):493 Calories, with 222 being Fat
24.6g Fat, with 3.6 being Saturated
1.3g Sugars
27.0g Protein
Daily Percentage Value: 16% Vitamin A
53% Vitamin C
14% Calcium
10% Iron
CREOLE FISH
In this dish the fish is actually cooked twice. Firstly it is seasoned, coated with breadcrumbs and fried. After it is cooled it is sauteed with onions, mushroom, tomato and hot pepper. Yogurt is added to thicken the consistency of the sauce and you can also add one tablespoon of rum, sherry or white wine.
Nutrition Facts (Serving Size 241g): 218 Calories, with 59 being Fat
6.6g fat, with 1.5 being Saturated
3.7g Sugars
26.2g Potein
Daily Percentage Value: 14% Vitamin A
22% Vitamin C
11% Calcium
7% Iron
STEW CHICKEN AND DUMPLING
Stew chicken and dumplings is one of my favourite Sunday lunch meal. It simply requires seasoned chicken and home made flour dumplings. The dumplings are very easy to prepare and well the stew chicken is the main part of this dish.
Nutrition Facts (Serving Size 308g): 431 Calories, with 140 from fat
15.6g Fat, with 4.6 being Saturated
9.6g Sugars
36.9g Proteins
Daily Percentage Value: 1% Vitamin A
5% Vitamin C
9% Calcium
26% Iron
Thursday, 14 July 2016
CHICKEN
OVEN BARBECUED CHICKEN
The cooking process of this chicken is rather long since you have to check the chicken, flip it and also remove the foil. Home mad sweet potato fries would best accompany this barbecued chicken and its savoury barbecue sauce.
Nutrition Facts (Serving Size 204g): 405 Calories, with 251 from Fat
27.9g Fat, with 7.7 being Saturated
3.7g Sugars
32.2g Protein
Daily Percentage Value: 10% Vitamin A
9% Vitamin C
3% Calcium
10% Iron
STUFFED CHICKEN BREAST
This meal is like a spinach and feta sandwhich in which the chicken breast is the bread. This stuffed chicken breast is full of nutrients from the chicken and spinach. Stuffed chicken breast is best accompanied with a pasta of your choice.
Nutrition Facts( Serving Size 154g): 273 Calories, with 111 being fat
12.4g Fat, with 3.7g being Saturated
1.3g Sugars
26.7g Proteins
Daily Percentage Value:3% Vitamin A
3% Vitamin C
11% Iron
7% Calcium
CHICKEN IN TOMATO SAUCE
This is a very simple dish to prepare since it requires a well seasoned, grill chicken breast and home made tomato sauce. Basil and garlic gives this tomato sauce such a pleasant aroma and flavour. This chicken in tomato sauce goes well with angel hair pasta and can be garnished with rosemary.
Nutrition Facts (Serving Size 229g):155 Calories, with 16 from Fat
1.8g Fat, with 0.4 being Saturated
2.4g Sugars
28.0g Protein
Percentage Daily Value: 8% Vitamin A
21% Vitamin C
4% Calcium
13% Iron
CHICKEN WITH EGGPLANT
This is a rather spicy dish with a lot of vegetables so you are guranteed that you will be getting your nutrients. This dish is best served with white rice or can be eaten in a sadwhich.
Nutrition Facts (Serving Size 426g): 396 Calories, with 215 from Fat
23.9g Fat, with 6.7 being Saturated
6.6g Sugars
31.8g Protein
Daily Percentage Value: 19% Vitamin A
40% Vitamin C
11% Calcium
15% Iron
CHICKEN IN MUSHROOM SAUCE
This dish is very comforting and is best suited for a rainy day. It can be served with a corn on the con and garlic herb mashed potato.
Nutrition Facts (Serving Size 295g): 458 Calories, with 268 from Fats
29.7g Fat, with 9.2g being Saturated
2.5g Sugars
36.8g Proteins
Percentage Daily Value: 7% Vitamin A
8% Vitamin C
16% Calcium
11% Iron
FISH
TRINIDAD FISH BROTH
Fish broth is a delicately flavoured, traditional soup made with fish, root vegetables, garlic, herbs,
and dumplings. This dish is very light and can be enjoyed all year round. This is served in large bowls with extra lime juice and slices of hot pepper.
Nutrition Facts (Serving Size 317g): 352 Calories, with 44 from Fat
4.9g Fat, with 1.8 being Saturated
4.8g Sugars
37.5g Protein
Daily Percentage Value: 226% Vitamin A
38% Vitamin C
10% Calcium
22% Iron
FRIED SHARK
Marinate the shark meat with green seasoning and hot pepper in the refrigerator for about thirty minutes. The shark is fried in medium hot oil for approximately two to three minutes. If shark is over cooked it will be tough to chew. This shark meat is enjoyed by all in a bake and shark sandwhich.
Nutrition Facts (Serving Size 175g): 403 Calories, with 193 from fat
21.5g Fat, with 3.4 being Saturated
0.6g Sugars
27.1g Protein
Daily Percentage Value: 9% Vitamin A
11% Vitamin C
9% Calcium
28% Iron
SALMON LOAF
Salmon loaf can be served with a salad and tartar sauce. Hot pepper is optional depending on your choice of spice.
Nutrition Facts ( Serving Size 137g): 187 Calories, with 83 from Fat
9.2g Fat, with 3.8 being Saturated
2.8g Sugars
15.1g Protein
Percentage Daily Value: 12% Vitamin A
17% Vitamin C
15% Calcium
20% Iron
FISH CROQUETTES
Fish croquettes are similar fish burgers. It is brushed with eggs before being rolled it breadcrumbs to seal the flavours and moisture.
Nutrition Facts (Serving Size189g): 287 Calories, with 102 from Fat
11.3g Fat, with 3.3g being Saturated
2.6g Sugars
27.3g Protein
Percentage Daily Value: 5% Vitamin A
1% Vitamin C
31% Calcium
11% Iron
STUFFED BAKE FISH
This fish is seasoned with cilantro, garlic, hot peppers, salt and pepper. It slowly bakes for the flavours inside the fiush to develop together with the stuffing.
Nutrition Facts ( Serving Size 276g): 349 Calories, with 103 from Fat
11.4g Fat, with 2.0g being Saturated
1.0g Sugars
48.3g Protein
Daily Percentage Value: 9% Vitamin A
34% Vitamin C
11% Calcium
7% Iron
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