Haitian Food
This is what Fey LALO (Jute Leaves) looks like - Haitians love to eat Legume Lalo
For all of you Haitian-Americans who have never seen what LALO looks like, this is it. These are the leaves that become delicious Lalo Legume, a very popular dish in Haitian Cuisine.
Visit this link to see a picture of a tasty "Chodye Legim Lalo". It is guarantied to make you run to the nearest Haitian restaurant right now and get you some.
Chodye Legim Lalo - Legume Lalo - Haitian Jute Leaves Stew
What is legume Lalo? Looks delicious doesn't it? Lalo Legume is a vegetable stew made with Lalo leaves and beef. It is called Lalo in Haitian Creole but in American English it's called jute leaves.
So, lalo legume is lute leaves stew.
But in Haiti, we say: Gad'on chodye legim lalo mezanmi!
Visit this page if you want to see what Lalo leaves - the jute leaf - looks like before it is cooked.
Haitian Food - Bon Manje Kreyol - How do you say Diri Shela in English?
This is some great tasting Haitian food you are looking at right here.
Diri shela kole ak pwa, How do you translate that in English? Shela rice and beans? LOL
Banan peze (Fried Plantains)
Sos viann ak yon bon salad kreyol (Some chicken sauce and a delicious creole style salad)
This is some delicious organic Haitian food right here.
Manman Doudou!
N'ap kore prodiksyon nasyonal la!
Haiti - Liann Panye (Liane Panier)
En Haiti, fèy saa rele Lyann Panier (Lyann Panyen of Liane Panier)... Lakay mwen, nou mete lyann panye nan soup pen, nan mayi moulen ak nan diri les matin... Nou konn fe frikase ak li tou pou manje ak diri blan.
To my Haitians in the diaspora... What is "Lyann Panye" (Lyann Panyen) in ENGLISH?
Le yon moun gen feblès oswa lè-w malad kouche, yo fè yon ti soup ak lyann panier pou-w bwe pou remonte-w...
Yon plat mayi moulen, sos pwa ak legim san vyann
Look at this nice dish of Haitian food: Corn meal with beans sauce and legume which consists of eggplant, spinach, cabbage, carrots, no meat. Add to that some sliced organic avocado and you have yourself a whole food plant based diet.
Gade sa... Bon manje neg andeyo. Yon bel plat mayi moulen blan, sos pwa ak legim berejen ak zepina, chou, kawot, san vyann ak bon zaboka peyi. Sa se yon ban manje kreyol.
Spices in Haiti: L'ail (Garlic in English)
Haitians call it "lay" in Creole, no wonder, it's l'ail in French, but in English it is is called Garlic.
Is garlic a vegetable or root?
Many people want to know whether garlic is a spice, a root or a vegetable. Take my word for it, garlic a root vegetable, the type of vegetable that grow underground?
L'ail/Garlic adds the following nutrients to your meal: Manganese, Vitamin B6, Selenium, Vitamin C, calcium, copper, potassium, phosphorus, iron and vitamin B1.
RICE - Haiti Food Shopping - Gode Diri - Rice Measuring Cup
Trying to buy rice retails in Haiti? look out for this measuring cup (gode) used for selling rice. In the Haitian marketplace (nan mache) rice is not sold by the pound. Nope! You have to buy by the gode.
In the Capital, Port-au-Prince, they sell rice by 'Ti Mamit' and 'Gro mamit,' in the market places across the Haitian provinces rice sells by 'demi gode' (half cup) and gode (1 cup).