Surinamese Pitjel

Surinames Pitjel

Ingredients:
blanched cabbage (big pieces)
blanched bean sprouts
blanched green beans (preferably "kouseband")
boiled eggs
spicy fried chicken
fried cassave
fried plantain
white rice, boiled
spicy peanut sauce

Preparations: Try to get all components done at the same time. Then serve with a thick slathering of peanut sauce!
Suggestion: Serve with Fernandes Red or Yellow.

Surinamese spicy peanut sauce

This sauce is not easy or fast to prepare, but if you don't have an Oma Tjoekoep and you don't want to use ready made sauce, this is the way to go!

Ingredients:

2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
ginger, 1 inch cube, finely chopped.
peanut butter, about 200 grams
tomato paste, small can
soy sauce, 2 tablespoons
oil, 2 tablespoons
vinegar, 1 tablespoon
chilli paste (sambal), 1 tablespoon
cilantro, 1 tablespoon, finely chopped
milk or water
salt to taste

Preparation:
Heat oil softly in a small pan (preferably thick-bottomed or teflon coated). Add the garlic, chilli paste and ginger and heat at a low fire.
Then throw in the peanut butter. Once it has melted in the heat add the tomato paste and mix well. To create a thinner sauce add milk or water to taste, while stirring. Finally add the soy sauce, vinegar and the cilantro. Add salt to taste.
The sauce is done when it becomes a bit grainy and the oil starts floating to the top.
Enjoy!

Surinames Telo (deep-fried cassava)

Surinames Telo (deep-fried cassava)

Ingredients:
cassava
oil for deep frying
salt
(ready-made) spicy peanut sauce or ketchup

Preparation:
Boil the cassava in water till about half done. Let cool, cut into chunks and deep fry till outside is golden and crisp. Sprinkle with salt. Serve hot, with sauce of choice.

Vietnamese Bò Bóp Thâú (Beef Salad)

Vietnamese Bò Bóp Thâú (Beef Salad)

Ingredients (serves 4):
3 bell peppers, thinly sliced (red, yellow, green)
200 g unsalted peanuts
thin strips of beef (about half a kilo)
shrimp crackers (krupuk)

for the marinade:
tspn sugar
tspn salt
tablespn oil
tablespn oyster sauce
thinly chopped onion

for the dressing:
3 garlic cloves, crushed

lemon juice of 1 lemon

sugar, salt, chilli paste (sambal) to taste.

Preparations:
Marinate the beef strips for an hour or two. Fry the strips till done. Add the sliced bell peppers, the peanuts and the dressing and toss. Serve cool. Eat by loading a bit of the salad on the shrimp crackers and popping them in your mouth.