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Homemade Gnocchi

Jayani SenanayakeApril 30, 2020
Times are desperate but that does not mean that one must not eat well. Spirits are down and we all miss the occasional night out and the ability to walk dow... Read More...
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Sri Lankan Prawn Curry

Jayani SenanayakeSeptember 25, 2018
It’s about time. Really, I have absolutely no idea I took SO long to write about the world famous Sri Lankan prawn curry. This here is hand down, one of the ... Read More...
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Koonisso Mallum – A Sri Lankan Shrimp recipe

Jayani SenanayakeNovember 17, 2017
Sri Lanka is just your typical, ordinary island in the sun. We drink coconuts out of the tree and eat seafood right off the ocean, wear coconut leaves around ou... Read More...
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Sri Lankan Cabbage Mallum aka Gowa Mallum

Jayani SenanayakeSeptember 26, 2017
Today I’m writing about a dish that changed my perception of cabbage. The Sri Lankan cabbage mallum, or gowa mallum as we Sri Lankans as we know it is a househo... Read More...
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Sri Lankan Cashew nut curry

Jayani SenanayakeApril 10, 2017
We Sri Lankans not only eat our cashew. We cook them. April brings with it an abundant harvest of cashew nuts, strewn under trees for the picking. Several ye... Read More...
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Sri Lankan Chicken Curry

Jayani SenanayakeMarch 3, 2017
It starts with the crisp hiss of deliciousness hitting hot oil. A whiff of cinnamon, cardamom and clove later, what follows is a mishmash of aromas evoking isla... Read More...
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Sri Lankan rolls – Summon your nostalgia

Jayani SenanayakeJuly 22, 2016
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...
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Bread making – Homemade multi grain bread

Jayani SenanayakeMay 28, 2016
So it is the rainy season again. Rain turned to floods and look at the devastation the island suffered at the hands of it. And the rain just keeps on pouring, a... Read More...
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How to make Thumba Karavila curry – The Sri Lankan way

Jayani SenanayakeMay 13, 2016
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...
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Winged bean mallum aka dambala mallum

Jayani SenanayakeApril 8, 2016
As a child, I detested winged beans. As a working woman, my mother did not often have the time to both cook and look after us all the time, so it was our dom... Read More...
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Sri Lankan Chickpea curry – creamy, fragrant, delicious!

Jayani SenanayakeJanuary 8, 2016
How would you like a creamy, chunky, fragrant curry spotted with vibrant pieces of red chili and little flavoursome mustard seeds popping with flavour at every ... Read More...
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Easy dinner rolls – with curry leaves

Jayani SenanayakeJuly 16, 2015
Making bread is a wonderful process. It has always been a stress buster for me and an incredibly fun thing to do that boosts my mood even on the saddest days. I... Read More...
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Bacon and Egg Pastries

Jayani SenanayakeJune 13, 2015
I will go as far as to say that bacon and egg pastries are a unique Sri Lankan hybrid that we should be very much proud of. Yes? Bacon and egg being a classi... Read More...
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Gotukola relish

Cashew & Gotukola relish

Jayani SenanayakeMay 23, 2015
This recipe is actually my mother's finding. In her mission to feed us all healthy, she is always conjuring up numerous things, always out of ingredients in her... Read More...
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Jayani C. Senanayake. Lover of cookie dough, raw cake batter, cinnamon and sunny afternoons. Home cook, book worm, poet, dancer and time traveler (in spare time). This is my food (rant) blog. Welcome!

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