Hi Everyone, Today is Old Year’s Day and that means that homes across Guyana will be making the traditional end-of-year Cook-up Rice. The peas – ...

Today, we're going to be cooking a popular Guyanese dish called Cook up Rice. This is a one pot meal that is rice based with coconut milk, beans or peas and a variety of meat.

In terms of cooking times, fresh pigeon peas cook up the fastest; it cooks in the same amount of time as the rice does. Split-peas need a 7 – 10 minute start before adding the rice.

Guyana has its own take on an all-in-one rice dish. The cook-up is a sort of marriage between rice and peas and pelau. Guyana originated from the African slaves who were brought to the country ...

Cook-up rice. Cook-up rice. Alica Ramkirpal-Senhouse. This is another dish born of necessity during economically difficult times. It’s Guyana’s answer to Caribbean rice and peas, ...

Cook-up rice RICE is eaten at least once a day in most West Indian households. Even if my mother made an alternative side dish, she always had rice on standby too. Originally from Guyana, ...

Rich curries, fresh seafood, root vegetables and fruits can be found in many of the country’s most iconic dishes. Metemgee (a vegetable and dumpling stew in coconut broth), cook-up rice (a one ...

Cook-up rice is a comforting Caribbean one-pot meal of rice, vegetables and pigeon peas, cooked with coconut milk. It's cheap, vegan and gluten-free.