
My Family Feast
Aro mai ki ngā iwi kanorau o Ahitereiria e pōhiri ana i a Kaitao Sean Connolly ki ō rātau kāinga me ō rātau ngākau.
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Aro mai ki ngā iwi kanorau o Ahitereiria e pōhiri ana i a Kaitao Sean Connolly ki ō rātau kāinga me ō rātau ngākau.
Ngā tohutao My Family Feast.
Arguably the most traditional dish in Bali. Every village has its own version of this delicious salad. Red lawar is the traditional ceremonial dish to which pigs blood is added for the red colour.
The most common and popular empanada is stuffed with beef, but other common varieties are ham and cheese, capresse (cheese, tomato, and basil), chicken, and vegetable.
Bengali bride Shrabastee and her Punjabi groom represent the joining of two traditional Indian families and Sean is invited to their wedding, which consists of a colourful and opulent vegetarian feast.
Serbian SARMA Stuffed Cabbage Rolls, prepared by Stana Kolundzija.
BUN RIEU – Pork, crab and noodle soup
Nā Tam Le i whakarite.
This dish is widely considered to be the national dish of Afghanistan. Increase cooking times if not cooking this dish with the aid of a pressure cooker.
Sean visits three homes to see the feast come together with a menu including roasted pig with an orange marinade, cooked in a curiously named, ‘China Box’ - a special portable oven Anerys imported from Florida. Martha cooks, congri (sticky rice with black beans), stuffed potato balls are made along with Margarita’s special rice pudding and everyone’s favourite, tamales. Nobody will be left hungry or disappointed.
Duck or besha is a favourite of the Mandaean community. They cook it in a way that is quite different to other nations, even the Iraqis and it is eaten sometimes several times a week. This method of boiling the duck in spices and dried limes provides a rich tangy soup to start a meal.
A close-knit community of Burmese Kachin immigrants invite Sean Connolly to witness a traditional naming ceremony and he helps them to prepare the divine feast that follows.
Eileen and Newman Yip invite Sean Connolly to spend a sumptuous weekend with their family while they celebrate Ching Ming - an annual Chinese gathering where families pay respect to their late ancestors.
Sean Connolly is invited to a very special weekend four generations of the Pacialeo family who get together each year in late Summer for a weekend of tomato bottling. The women spend the day using unchanged techniques as the prepare Calabrian recipes that have been past down through many generations.
Ngai Ngai are the young leaves from the Rosella shrub (related to hibicus) They can be steamed or stir-fried and are known as Red Sorrel in the Pacific. A bunch of sorrel can be substituted for Ngai Ngai and will compliment any Australian fresh water fish.