Kyrgyzstan – Vegetarian langhman noodles

It is quite difficult to find interesting and authentic vegetarian recipes all over Central Asia, other than gutab ( you can find a recipe here) or some salads. So I have been a bit creative here and chose a recipe that traditionally have lamb as the main ingredient. Laghman noodle is a noodle dish that…

Nepal – Momos

Originally from Tibet and Nepal, momo is a sort of dumpling, steamed or boiled. A flour based dough is stuffed with a mixture made of vegetables, cheese or meat, and flavored with ginger, cilantro, garlic or spices. It is a very popular and cheap street food that made its way to family tables and can…

Mauritius – Chili cakes (Gato Pima)

Gato Pima or chili cakes bring me back immediately to Mauritius, a fantastic little island located in the Indian Ocean, 800 km east from Madagascar. I have been lucky enough in my life and have visited this great country number of times, because my brother and my sister-in-laws are living there. And those little cakes…

Suriname – Bakabana (fried plantains) and peanut sauce

Bakabana is a fried plantain recipe from Suriname, which originally comes from Indonesia, as many of Surinamese recipes do. This strong culinary influence comes from migration, as always : Javanese came in the late 1900s as contract workers to work in plantations, after the abolition of slavery in Suriname. Bakabana is a pretty simple and…