Cross cultural cooking

Yesterday afternoon, several of the ladies who work for SITAG got together for cooking lessons.  This week we're cooking food from my culture,

 

 



but next Friday they are going to share recipes from their culture.  We made banana cake with a recipe that uses no eggs and oil instead of butter, which they really appreciate.  Butter and eggs are very expensive here.  I like to use coconut oil, so the banana cake has a really nice local flavor!

 

We also made what they called a "stew" to go over rice:  veggies and ground beef mixed with curry, ginger, and cinnamon.  I used a mixture of TVP mixed with ground beef, again because the meat is so expensive here, and they liked learning how to use the "dry mince", as TVP is known here. 

 

 

We had a great time, and the ladies each went home with big boxes of leftovers to share with their families.  Next week, I'm looking forward to meeting Betsy at market early in the morning to buy what we need to prepare their recipes!