Guyanese Recipes

Guyanese cuisine is one of South America's most unique, blending East Indian, African, Chinese, Indigenous Amerindian, Portuguese, and British influences. Curry is central—chicken curry, duck curry, and pepperpot (an Amerindian stew with cassareep, a cassava extract) are national dishes. Roti, cook-up rice (a one-pot rice dish), and chow mein reflect the country's extraordinary ethnic diversity. Tropical fruits, coconut, and cassava round out a cuisine unlike anything else on the continent.