Tujia's Kitchen
Jamaican catering, Central Texas
Beverages
Made fresh and served cold. All non-alcoholic.
Sorrel
Hibiscus steeped with ginger and pimento, sweetened and served cold. Jamaica's Christmas drink, poured all year.
Ginger Beer
Fresh ginger, lime and sugar, brewed strong enough to bite back.
Carrot Juice
Carrot blended with condensed milk, nutmeg and vanilla.
Irish Moss
Sea moss blended smooth with milk, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Peanut Punch
Peanut butter, milk and a touch of vanilla, blended thick.
Ram Punch juices
16 oz bottles of fruit juice, sweetened with cane sugar.
Soursop Passion
Soursop, passion fruit, lime juice, purified water, cane sugar.
Mango Passion
Mango puree, passion fruit puree, pineapple juice, ginger, purified water, cane sugar.
Mango Strawberry
Mango puree, strawberry puree, ginger, cane sugar, water.
Strawberry Pineapple
Strawberry puree, pineapple, ginger, cane sugar, purified water.
Pineapple Ginger
Pineapple, ginger, water, cane sugar.
Appetizers
Small bites for trays and cocktail hours.
Mini Beef Patties
Flaky golden pastry around spiced ground beef, sized for a party tray.
Stamp and Go
Saltfish fritters with scallion and scotch bonnet, fried crisp at the edges.
Jerk Wings
Chicken wings in jerk seasoning, grilled until the skin chars.
Pepper Shrimp
Shrimp cooked hot with scotch bonnet and garlic, the way they sell it by the bag in St. Elizabeth.
Soups
Jamaican soup is a meal: thick, peppery and full of dumplings.
Red Peas Soup
Kidney beans cooked down thick with salted beef, yam and spinner dumplings.
Pumpkin Soup
Jamaican pumpkin simmered smooth with thyme, scallion and a whole scotch bonnet.
Saturday Soup
Beef, yam, cho cho, carrot and dumplings in a peppery broth. A Saturday tradition in Jamaican homes.
Mannish Water
Goat soup with green banana, yam and dumplings, made for weddings and big celebrations.
Fish Tea
Light, peppery fish broth with pumpkin and green banana.
Entrees
Jerk, curry, stew and fry: the plates Jamaica is known for.
Jerk Chicken
Marinated in scotch bonnet, pimento and thyme, then grilled until the skin chars.
Jerk Pork
Pork in the same jerk marinade, cooked low and chopped for the plate.
Curry Goat
Bone-in goat cooked down in Jamaican curry with potato and scotch bonnet.
Oxtail
Braised until it falls off the bone, in a dark gravy with butter beans.
Brown Stew Chicken
Chicken browned, then stewed with onion, sweet pepper and carrot in a rich brown gravy.
Curry Chicken
Chicken and potato in yellow Jamaican curry, with thyme and scallion.
Jamaican Fried Chicken
Well-seasoned chicken, fried crisp.
Ackee and Saltfish
Jamaica's national dish: ackee and salted cod with onion, tomato, sweet pepper and scotch bonnet.
Escovitch Fish
Fish fried crisp and topped with onion, carrot and scotch bonnet pickled in vinegar.
Steamed Fish
Fish steamed with okra, carrot, thyme and water crackers.
Stew Peas
Kidney beans stewed thick with salted beef and spinners, served over white rice.
Sides
Rice and peas, plantain, festival and the rest of the plate.
Rice and Peas
Rice cooked in coconut milk with kidney beans, thyme and scallion.
Fried Sweet Plantain
Ripe plantain, fried soft and caramelized at the edges.
Festival
Lightly sweet fried cornmeal dumplings. Made for escovitch fish and jerk.
Fried Dumplings
Crisp outside, soft inside. The partner to ackee and saltfish.
Bammy
Cassava flatbread soaked in coconut milk and fried golden.
Boiled Food
Green banana, yam and boiled dumplings.
Steamed Cabbage
Cabbage steamed with carrot, onion and thyme.
Callaloo
Jamaican greens steamed with onion, tomato and thyme.
Macaroni and Cheese
Baked until the top turns golden. A Sunday dinner staple.
Coleslaw
Creamy cabbage and carrot slaw, cool next to anything jerk.
Sandwiches
On hard dough bread and coco bread, for lunches and boxed meals.
Patty and Coco Bread
A beef patty tucked inside soft, sweet coco bread. Jamaica's school lunch.
Jerk Chicken Sandwich
Chopped jerk chicken and slaw on thick-cut hard dough bread.
Jerk Pork Sandwich
Chopped jerk pork piled on soft coco bread.
Escovitch Fish Sandwich
Fried fish and pickled peppers on hard dough bread.
Bun and Cheese
Spiced Jamaican bun with a thick slice of cheese. An Easter classic, good any time.
Desserts
Puddings, pastries and sweets, heavy on coconut and spice.
Sweet Potato Pudding
Grated sweet potato and coconut milk, spiced and baked dense. Hell a top, hell a bottom, hallelujah in the middle.
Cornmeal Pudding
Cornmeal baked with coconut milk and spice, under a soft custard top.
Rum Cake
Moist spiced cake soaked in rum syrup.
Gizzada
A pinched pastry shell filled with grated coconut, brown sugar and nutmeg.
Grater Cake
Grated coconut and sugar, set with a pink top. A Jamaican sweet-shop classic.
Coconut Drops
Diced coconut and ginger cooked in brown sugar until it sets.
Celebration Cakes
Wedding and birthday cakes, made to order.
