#1 World Food: Pakora from 🇮🇳India
🆕 In this series of posts Afandi English brings you the best food this world has to offer. Knowing the world’s famous dishes is not only minimum knowledge of the world, of course you can also imagine what it might taste like or even try to cook it at home.
▶️ Pakora is ...
... made of:
Vegetables (potatoes, onions, aubergines, etc.) in a crispy (=pleasantly hard outside, causing a noise when chewing) chickpea (=no’xot) coating (=outside layer)
... eaten with:
Ketchup, chili sauce or any other sauce
Healthy or not? 🔴
Easy to make? 🟢
Cheap enough? 🟢
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
🆕 In this series of posts Afandi English brings you the best food this world has to offer. Knowing the world’s famous dishes is not only minimum knowledge of the world, of course you can also imagine what it might taste like or even try to cook it at home.
▶️ Pakora is ...
... made of:
Vegetables (potatoes, onions, aubergines, etc.) in a crispy (=pleasantly hard outside, causing a noise when chewing) chickpea (=no’xot) coating (=outside layer)
... eaten with:
Ketchup, chili sauce or any other sauce
Healthy or not? 🔴
Easy to make? 🟢
Cheap enough? 🟢
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
#2 World Food: Tacos from 🇲🇽Mexico
🆕 In this series of posts Afandi English brings you the best food this world has to offer. Knowing the world’s famous dishes is not only minimum knowledge of the world, of course you can also imagine what it might taste like or even try to cook it at home.
▶️ Tacos are ...
... made with:
Meat and/or vegetables of any kind (typically beef or chicken, beans, tomatoes, onions, lettuce) in a flat bread made from corn or wheat flour.
... eaten with:
Salsa (the Spanish word for ‘sauce’) made of tomatoes, guacamole (a green avocado sauce) and cheese, either grated (=cut into stripes) or as sauce.
Healthy or not? 🟢
Easy to make? 🟡
Cheap enough? 🟢
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
🆕 In this series of posts Afandi English brings you the best food this world has to offer. Knowing the world’s famous dishes is not only minimum knowledge of the world, of course you can also imagine what it might taste like or even try to cook it at home.
▶️ Tacos are ...
... made with:
Meat and/or vegetables of any kind (typically beef or chicken, beans, tomatoes, onions, lettuce) in a flat bread made from corn or wheat flour.
... eaten with:
Salsa (the Spanish word for ‘sauce’) made of tomatoes, guacamole (a green avocado sauce) and cheese, either grated (=cut into stripes) or as sauce.
Healthy or not? 🟢
Easy to make? 🟡
Cheap enough? 🟢
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
#3 World Food: Sushi from 🇯🇵Japan
🆕 In this series of posts Afandi English brings you the best food this world has to offer. Knowing the world’s famous dishes is not only minimum knowledge of the world, of course you can also imagine what it might taste like or even try to cook it at home.
▶️ Sushi is …:
... made with:
Special sushi rice that sticks together, different types of raw fish, shrimps and/or fish eggs and sheets of seaweed (=grass that grows in the sea). Sometimes vegetables, avocado or square-cut steamed egg are added.
... eaten with:
Soya sauce, wasabi (=Japanese green mustard), preserved (=not fresh but made to keep for a long time) sliced ginger and sometimes mayonnaise.
Healthy or not? 🟢
Easy to make? 🔴
Cheap enough? 🔴
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
🆕 In this series of posts Afandi English brings you the best food this world has to offer. Knowing the world’s famous dishes is not only minimum knowledge of the world, of course you can also imagine what it might taste like or even try to cook it at home.
▶️ Sushi is …:
... made with:
Special sushi rice that sticks together, different types of raw fish, shrimps and/or fish eggs and sheets of seaweed (=grass that grows in the sea). Sometimes vegetables, avocado or square-cut steamed egg are added.
... eaten with:
Soya sauce, wasabi (=Japanese green mustard), preserved (=not fresh but made to keep for a long time) sliced ginger and sometimes mayonnaise.
Healthy or not? 🟢
Easy to make? 🔴
Cheap enough? 🔴
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
#4 World Food: Fish & Chips from the 🇬🇧UK
▶️ Fish & Chips is …
... made with:
Deep-fried (=fried in a lot of oil) cod (=a type of fish) in a batter (=a thin dough to cover the fish with before frying) and chips – deep-fried potato sticks, or what Americans call “French fries”. Chips in Britain are much thicker than American French fries.
... eaten with:
Salt and malt vinegar (=brownish vinegar made from dried grains), ketchup or “chip shop curry sauce”, a warm thick sauce that tastes Indian but isn’t.
Healthy or not? 🔴
Easy to make? 🟡
Cheap enough? 🟡
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
▶️ Fish & Chips is …
... made with:
Deep-fried (=fried in a lot of oil) cod (=a type of fish) in a batter (=a thin dough to cover the fish with before frying) and chips – deep-fried potato sticks, or what Americans call “French fries”. Chips in Britain are much thicker than American French fries.
... eaten with:
Salt and malt vinegar (=brownish vinegar made from dried grains), ketchup or “chip shop curry sauce”, a warm thick sauce that tastes Indian but isn’t.
Healthy or not? 🔴
Easy to make? 🟡
Cheap enough? 🟡
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
#5 World Food: Nasi Goreng from 🇮🇩Indonesia
▶️ Nasi Goreng is …
... made with:
Rice and any vegetables. Can be with or without any kind of meat or prawns (=a type of sea food, ‘shrimps’ in American English). Plenty of oil and soya sauce are used. “Nasi” means “rice” and “goreng” means “fried”, so we’re basically talking about fried rice here!
... eaten with:
Nasi Goreng is often served with fried eggs. Indonesians also like prawn crackers (=thick chips) on the side and “Sambal”, a spicy chili sauce.
Healthy or not? 🟡
Easy to make? 🟢
Cheap enough? 🟢
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
▶️ Nasi Goreng is …
... made with:
Rice and any vegetables. Can be with or without any kind of meat or prawns (=a type of sea food, ‘shrimps’ in American English). Plenty of oil and soya sauce are used. “Nasi” means “rice” and “goreng” means “fried”, so we’re basically talking about fried rice here!
... eaten with:
Nasi Goreng is often served with fried eggs. Indonesians also like prawn crackers (=thick chips) on the side and “Sambal”, a spicy chili sauce.
Healthy or not? 🟡
Easy to make? 🟢
Cheap enough? 🟢
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
#6 World Food: Ratatouille from 🇫🇷France
▶️ Ratatouille is …
... made with:
Fresh vegetables like tomatoes, courgette (=a vegetable similar to cucumbers but for cooking), aubergine (British English; Americans say “eggplant”), peppers, onions and garlic. The vegetables are stewed (=cooked slowly) with Mediterranean (=from the countries surrounding the sea between Europe and Africa) herbs (=small aromatic green plants) like basil, thyme, rosemary and oregano.
... eaten with:
Any staples (=basic foods), such as bread, rice or pasta. Or as a side dish to meat.
Healthy or not? 🟢
Easy to make? 🟢
Cheap enough? 🟡
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
▶️ Ratatouille is …
... made with:
Fresh vegetables like tomatoes, courgette (=a vegetable similar to cucumbers but for cooking), aubergine (British English; Americans say “eggplant”), peppers, onions and garlic. The vegetables are stewed (=cooked slowly) with Mediterranean (=from the countries surrounding the sea between Europe and Africa) herbs (=small aromatic green plants) like basil, thyme, rosemary and oregano.
... eaten with:
Any staples (=basic foods), such as bread, rice or pasta. Or as a side dish to meat.
Healthy or not? 🟢
Easy to make? 🟢
Cheap enough? 🟡
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
7 World Food: Fufu from 🌍West Africa
▶️ Fufu is …
... made with:
Traditionally cassava (=a tropical root vegetable) flour but alternatively semolina (=not fine but coarse wheat flour) or corn flour can also be used. It is boiled and formed into a big round shape, usually one for one person’s meal.
... eaten with:
Different soups as well as meat, fish and vegetable stews (=a semi-soupy dish that is cooked for a long time).
Fufu is traditionally eaten by hand.
Healthy or not? 🟢
Easy to make? 🔴
Cheap enough? 🟢
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food
▶️ Fufu is …
... made with:
Traditionally cassava (=a tropical root vegetable) flour but alternatively semolina (=not fine but coarse wheat flour) or corn flour can also be used. It is boiled and formed into a big round shape, usually one for one person’s meal.
... eaten with:
Different soups as well as meat, fish and vegetable stews (=a semi-soupy dish that is cooked for a long time).
Fufu is traditionally eaten by hand.
Healthy or not? 🟢
Easy to make? 🔴
Cheap enough? 🟢
👉@afandi_english👈 #world_food