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The best Surinamese dishes

The top 3 according to 18 votes from people: Pom · Roti · Peanut soup. (Updated Nov 14, 2021.)

Pom, roti, moksi alesi, peanut soup and bara: the Creole, Hindustani, Javanese and Chinese flavours of Suriname.

sophie_saucy · · 20 items · 18 votes · 2 comments

Automatically translated (original in Nederlands). See the original

Top 20

  1. 1

    Pom

    Creole-Jewish oven dish of tayer root and chicken, the party dish.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  2. 2

    Roti

    Hindustani flatbread with chicken, potato and vegetable masala.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  3. 3

    Peanut soup

    Peanut soup with rice or tom tom cassava balls.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  4. 4

    Moksi alesi

    Creole yellow rice with meat, fish and vegetables.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  5. 5

    Bara

    Hindustani fried dough ring spiced with cumin and garlic.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  6. 6

    Moksi meti

    Plate of mixed Chinese roast meats.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  7. 7

    Nasi goreng

    Javanese fried rice.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  8. 8

    Bami

    Javanese fried noodles.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  9. 9

    Beans and rice

    Brown beans with rice, Jewish-Creole.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  10. 10

    Bakabana

    Battered fried plantain.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  11. 11

    Pastei

    Creole chicken and vegetable pie.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  12. 12

    Afingi

    Soup with cassava balls and peccary meat, a Maroon dish.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  13. 13

    Shaved ice

    Shaved ice with syrup from a street cart.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  14. 14

    Chow mein

    Surinamese chow mein.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  15. 15

    Berkat

    Javanese festive parcel of rice, noodles, serundeng and chicken in banana leaf.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  16. 16

    Peanut rice

    Rice cooked in coconut milk and peanut butter, a Maroon dish.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  17. 17

    Fiadoe

    Jewish cinnamon fruit cake with raisins, almonds and rum.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  18. 18

    Dawet

    Javanese pink coconut milk drink.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  19. 19

    Telo with salt fish

    Fried cassava with stewed salt cod.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1
  20. 20

    Cassava pone

    Cake of grated cassava and coconut.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1

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Emma Janssen · Nederlands

Pom op één, terecht. Op elke verjaardag staat er een schaal van.

wout_tripnerd · Nederlands

Broodje pom bij de toko is het beste wat er is, maar ik mis saoto soep in dit lijstje!

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