We all have lazy days and lazy days don’t have to mean bland, boring or boxed food. Here’s my top 5 meals to make when I am not really feeling like spending hours in the kitchen. I would say you could get this on the [continue reading]
This quick, simple, budget-friendly and healthy steamed cabbage recipe, referred to as “fry cabbage” in Trinidad and is traditionally eaten as a main vegan/vegetarian dish with sada roti, fried bake, dosti roti, paratha roti, hops bread or even coconut bake for breakfast. Below I served [continue reading]
This is the recipe that made my husband overcome his dislike for curry fish. He even went as far as to say that this is the best fish he has ever eaten. I don’t know if this was to mamaguy his wife, but as you [continue reading]
Fall is in the air, and it’s such a beautiful time! The changing colors of the trees in New York State are simply magnificent—definitely something to put on your bucket list. This season makes me want to cozy up, cook chicken or short ribs soup [continue reading]
Today I’ll teach you how to make my current obsession, – eggplant and potato with chickpeas (curry channa with baigan and aloo). Whatever way you say it, the result is still phenomenal! On weekends, I wake up early to check on my garden, which I [continue reading]
Another year is upon us and so it goes–whether we are ready or not. For the first time, on old year’s night, I did not clean all of my closets and drawers, had a pile of dirty laundry from our week long vacation and heck, [continue reading]
WHAT IS SADA ROTI? Sada roti is one of the main staples in Trinidad. It is a leavened flatbread eaten for breakfast or dinner with a variety of vegetarian, fish, or meat dishes — including curries or stews. It is to Trinidad what flour tortilla, [continue reading]
You’ve heard me mention that I love challenges, and let me warn you, be careful what you wish for! Two years ago I complained that my job had become too easy, I knew it too well, it wasn’t challenging enough. No great captain was created on [continue reading]
I thought to myself, if I only had time to share one recipe over the next two months, what would it be? This dish came to mind. Mummy made this occasionally to go with our Sunday lunch, which was always fancy and interesting. One [continue reading]
Growing up in Trinidad, pumpkin talkari with dosti roti (a layered roti) was one of my absolute favorite meals. Strangely enough, it’s also my 10-year-old daughter’s favorite meal. In my recipe below, cubes of pumpkin are sautéed with the simplest of ingredients: olive oil, garlic, [continue reading]
Hi, I’m Ria! Born and raised in Trinidad and now cooking from my kitchen in New York, I share the traditional recipes that shaped my childhood, along with Caribbean favorites for modern family life. Welcome—stay awhile, explore the recipes and make yourself at home. Love is the main ingredient, and there’s always room at my table.