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Essentially Sri Lankan

Embilla – The unknown Sri Lankan fruit

Jayani SenanayakeAugust 11, 2016
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...
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Sri Lankan Treacle tart – Fight against Food Waste

Jayani SenanayakeAugust 5, 2016
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...
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Creamy Chicken with Tarragon and Leeks

Jayani SenanayakeJuly 29, 2016
I think I have declared my love for all things creamy before. If you haven’t read that post, and if it hasn’t been evident from the excess of creamy recipes tha... Read More...
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Butter garlic noodles

Jayani SenanayakeJuly 29, 2016
This I must confess, I am ashamed even to post. It’s that easy and the flavours are so simple. This is an ideal dish to be paired up with an especially flavours... 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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Creamy prawn pasta

Jayani SenanayakeJuly 8, 2016
My name is Jayani and I am a creamy food/drinks addict. There, I finally admitted it. I love all things creamy and cheesy – creamy pastas, creamy beverages, ... Read More...
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Soursop the Miracle Fruit

Jayani SenanayakeJune 24, 2016
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...
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Sri Lankan Fish Ambul Thiyal

Jayani SenanayakeJune 17, 2016
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...
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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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Bibikkan – Sri Lankan coconut cake

Jayani SenanayakeApril 19, 2016
First Avrudu out of home. It didn’t really seem like Avrudu, not without Mother’s constant kitchen hustle and bustle and the smell of oil cake cooking at odd ho... 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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Homemade sesame rolls – One of the most beloved Sri Lankan food recipes

Jayani SenanayakeApril 3, 2016
There are many woes of not being able to stay at your own place after marriage, especially when you are a foodie like I am. First and foremost I miss my mother’... Read More...
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Beat the heat with this miracle drink

Jayani SenanayakeMarch 31, 2016
It was one of those sweltering hot, all consuming, sweating till you faint kind of days. Hubby boy and I had just arrived at my place for the week and as we ... Read More...
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Jayani

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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