Sri Lankan pancakes (Wellawahum)
When us Sri Lankans talk about pancakes, we are talking about luscious treacly coconut filled ones.
I remember walking into a house flooding with the warmth ... Read More...
Essentially Sri Lankan
Habala pethi aggala (A healthy Sri Lankan rice flakes snack)
When I was small, weekend afternoons always brought in treats. My mother being a working woman would be more or less at leisure during the weekend and we know t... Read More...
Star fruit upside down cake – A tropical Christmas
I have a prettiness for you this Christmas :)
For all of you craving for something other than the traditional tastes of fruit cake, Christmas pudding and the... Read More...
King coconut wine – Sri Lankan homemade wines
No Sri Lankan Christmas is complete without nibbling on a piece of bibikkan while sipping on a glass of king coconut wine. And then another glass…followed by an... Read More...
Spiced banana cake with nuts
Let me start by saying – this cake is famous. It is in fact, a bit of a celebrity.
During my little stint at the Good Market (Yes, I’ve had a tiny little sta... Read More...
Cheesy chicken kievs – Reliving childhood memories
When I was a kid, trips to the supermarket always excited me. Not that it is any different now (ask my husband, he will tell you) but being a child, I was more ... Read More...
Sri Lankan chocolate Biscuit pudding
This is one of the easiest dessert recipes out there...
We Sri Lankans love our Marie biscuits. We love munching on it at random or in between meals, dunking i... Read More...
Beloved Sri Lankan food – Sago pudding
Sago. We eat it as a pudding, we eat it to remedy the “heat” in our body, we mostly drink it, usually in the morning as it is said to be a “cooling” food. Let’s... Read More...
Sri Lankan Pork Black Curry
A truly Sri Lankan Pork recipe to cherish
There are 3 words that make the eyes of any full blooded pork-eating Sri Lankan here or abroad bulge, light up, spark... Read More...
Sri Lankan Tea buns
It's 4 o'clock and the smell of freshly baked bread, roast paan, kimbula banis and tea banis emanating from our neighborhood bakery would wake us gently from ou... Read More...
Embilla – The unknown Sri Lankan fruit
Now the advantage of being a new bride is that everybody wants to feed you. The advantage of being a new bride who has left her city home to join her husband in... Read More...
Sri Lankan Treacle tart – Fight against Food Waste
You know your recipe is winner when your fussy eater husband says “I’m so glad I married you” after taking one bite of your dish.
This is my take on the Engl... Read More...
Sri Lankan rolls – Summon your nostalgia
When we were small, these thin, round rolls coated with bread crumbs and deep fried to perfection were simply called “rolls”. At a later stage someone wanted t... Read More...
Soursop the Miracle Fruit
Marriage has changed everything. My surroundings, the people around me, the routines I’ve religiously followed, the schedules, my sleep……the list goes on. It ha... Read More...