Multi-flavored culinary background

Like many neighboring South American countries, Guyana cuisine blends African, European and Asian cultures. Family dishes in Guyana often have Chinese, Indian, Ghanaian, Nigerian, and Portuguese dishes …

Traditional curry. Centuries ago, the Indians migrated to bring not only recipes but also spices and spices of their homeland to Guyana to cultivate. Today, there is still a clear imprint of India in Guyana cuisine. Guyana people daily eat traditional Indian dishes such as dal bhat, roti, dal puri, parsad … To save cooking time, working families routinely make rice dishes cooked in one pot with shredded meat and vegetables, a cooking common in northern India. Guyana people especially love curry dishes made from chicken, goat, sheep, or duck. The most prominent is Guyana curry made from meat, curry leaves, some flavoring spices and cassareep (tapioca root juice) is only eaten during the holidays of the year. In Guyana, if people do not eat rice, they will eat cassava. Cassava is very popular in Guyana cuisine. Almost all housewives know how to make bread from tapioca; Restaurants are always ready to serve metamgie cassava made from boiled cassava with sweet potato, taro, coconut water and butter. The wise and resourceful Guyana people also take advantage of the juice from the roots of cassava, which is very toxic to make cassareep or kari. Both of these products are non-toxic and have a very unique sweet and bitter taste. Cakes in Guyana. Some of the popular Guyana drinks include lemon juice mixed with vanilla essence, pineapple wine, rum, tea with licorice and dried hibiscus flowers, ginger beer and milk mixed with roasted peanut powder. In the summer, Guyana people often enjoy the above drinks with some Indian and European aftermath desserts such as cassava pone (baked goods made from tapioca, coconut water, milk and sugar), coconut jam. Cakes into small cakes, peera (sweetened condensed milk and boil until thick). Since the Guyana use brown sugar more than white sugar, many of their dishes are very sweet. For those who love sweets, the experience of enjoying Guyana sweets is like going to heaven.