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Gajor Alu Vaji: Bangladesh Potato & Carrot Fry
Gajor Alu Vaji makes for a delicious, savoury side dish, and a great way to add more flavour to your everyday vegetable servings. Easy and quick, this dish can be jazzed up with red bell peppers or other vegetables and served alongside tandoori chicken, or stand alone as a main vegetarian meal.
Recipes: Ugandan Mandazi
A bit of a familiar looking treat, eh? Mandazi is sold on every street corner in Uganda for a few hundred shillings—about $0.15—each. It’s common around East Africa as a preferred bite-size sweet-and scrumptious snack enjoyed with hot beverages such as tea, coffee, and hot cocoa. Deep-fried dough never disappoints!
Recipes: Hot & Cold Drinks
Whip up some of the tastiest drinks from around the world! Across partner communities, coffees, teas, and fruit drinks are part of gatherings, traditions, and relaxation. From hot, rich, and creamy flavours to cold, fruity and tangy, you’re covered here. You’ll find something that hits the spot as spring turns to summer!
Recipes: Bangladeshi Eggs Shahi Korma
Rich spices have dominated Bangladeshi cooking for centuries—in fact, Europeans have South Asia to thank for most of the flavours used today. This dish is a sweet-and-savoury meal that blends a wide variety of flavours Canadians often would not mix, but in the end work well!
Recipe: Syrian Borak Zaitoon (Pepper & Olive Pot Pies)
Do you have new Syrian neighbours? Perhaps your neighbourhood or church is welcoming a resettled family into your community. Even an attempt at food that tastes-like-home can go a long way. Here’s an authentic appetizer that is easy to prepare to help you say ‘Welcome!’ to a Syrian family that is new to your area
Recipe: Guatemalan ¡Ponche Navideño! (Fruit Punch!)
This sweet and cinnamon-y Christmas punch warms the soul while tickling your taste-buds! In Guatemala it is served hot, and comes out at most holidays meals and parties - and there will be an especially big bowl of it with the traditional Christmas Tamales that are always served on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve! It's a delicious tradition that goes back generations for many Guatemalan families.