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...
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 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...
Healthy ice cream – You’ll go bananas over this!
I think I will never go back to regular ice cream again.
Let’s put it this way. I have never been a huge fan of ice cream. Strange but true. Even as a child ... Read More...
Sri Lankan Fish Ambul Thiyal
Every Saturday morning a smokey, delightfully spicy yet surprisingly mild mist nudges my nostrils. It envelopes me in a cloud and fills me with delicious dreams... Read More...
How to make Thumba Karavila curry – The Sri Lankan way
The first time I saw thumba karavila was when I was a child. “Amma what are these?” an excited me asked my mother who had just returned from the Farmers’ Market... Read More...
My Sri Lankan Pork stir fry
Anyone who knows me knows that I have a thing for pork.
A VERY big thing for pork.
While it is not something that we eat every day, it is definitely somet... Read More...
Oatmeal cherry bake – Made with homegrown Barbados cherries
To wander among the lush foliage, rejoicing in the fragrant breeze carrying the sweetness of forever blooming flowers, to pick your own produce from your own tr... Read More...
Spicy apple crumble
For me, nothing compares to the smell of apples and spices baking away in the oven. It’s immediately reminiscent of Christmas and warmth it brings with it – the... Read More...
Pumpkin spiced cake
It’s Halloween today and if I don’t post up a pumpkin recipe, it would definitely be out of character. Especially since I’ve been busy making a few things with ... Read More...
Sri Lankan Love cake – Essentially Sri Lankan
If you’ve never had a piece of the world famous Sri Lankan Love cake in your life, you clearly have wasted your life so far.
This is one of those wonderful h... Read More...
Carrot cake overnight oats – For not-really ‘morning people’
I'm not a morning person....at all. Staying up till the wee hours in the morning is not a problem at all, but getting up in the morning is truly a challenge tha... Read More...