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Love cake

Sri Lankan Love cake – Essentially Sri Lankan

Jayani SenanayakeOctober 5, 2015
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...
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halapa

Helapa / Halapa – Mother’s own

Jayani SenanayakeAugust 26, 2015
If you haven’t eaten helapa, you ain’t Sri Lankan. I have very fond memories of this traditional Sri Lankan delicacy. My heart skips several beats whenever I... Read More...
CakesDessertsEasy TreatsEssentially Sri LankanHealthyNostalgic FoodRecipesSweetTeatimeTraditional Sri Lankan FoodVegetarian7 Comments
Kirala juice

Kirala juice – The south coast’s best kept secret

Jayani SenanayakeAugust 12, 2015
Sri Lanka hides within its bosom many culinary and herbal secrets. It is a diverse land, each region guarding many mysteries and unique cultural curiosities wit... Read More...
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Not just another strawberry pie

Jayani SenanayakeJuly 20, 2015
I had strawberries, I had condensed milk, I had white chocolate. Something had to be done. An experiment that was intensely pleasurable. I also discovered th... Read More...
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Hot butter cuttlefish

Jayani SenanayakeJune 21, 2015
I'm not quite sure what the origin of this scandalously indulgent dish is, so I am going to assume that it is one of our signature Sri Lankan hybrid specialties... Read More...
Essentially Sri LankanNostalgic FoodRecipesRiceSavouriesSeafoodSidesSnacksStreetfood4 Comments
Cherry & white chocolate blondies

Cherry & White Chocolate Blondies

Jayani SenanayakeJune 19, 2015
This is the blondie that you momma warned you about! Seriously, I've been dreaming about cherries and white chocolate the whole week! And this is what I came... 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...
BakedBuns & BreadsEasy TreatsEssentially Sri LankanNostalgic FoodRecipesSavouriesSnacksTeatime2 Comments

Pork Dumplings – To die for

Jayani SenanayakeMay 28, 2015
I've always had a full blown crush on Asian cuisine - particularly the Japanese, Chinese and the Thai kind. I love their intriguing flavours - especially the um... Read More...
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Potato fudge aka Ala toffee

Jayani SenanayakeApril 30, 2015
So here I am breaking a two week long silence. Times have been crazy, 'crazy' being an understatement. But finally I am here, looking at a blissfully long weeke... Read More...
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The Kokis Tutorial

Jayani SenanayakeApril 12, 2015
Make kokis, not war, as I always like to say. Covered in batter, side by side with mother, frying kokis as if in competition, laughing at each other's blunde... Read More...
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The making of Kevum – Traditionally Sri Lankan

Jayani SenanayakeApril 11, 2015
And so begins the Avrudu food marathon. For those who aren't aware, the Sinhala and Tamil New Year is just around the corner (13-14th April) and as all good Sri... Read More...
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Frozen Yogurt from scratch!

Jayani SenanayakeApril 3, 2015
There was a time when I believed that to make frozen yogurt, all you need to do is pop the yogurt in the freezer. Boy was I wrong! Hot days these. Everything... Read More...
DessertsHealthy1 Comment

Sri Lankan Christmas Cake – A story of Fruit & Spice

Jayani SenanayakeDecember 27, 2014
The Sri Lankan Christmas cake. This should have been shared a few weeks back ideally, but fear not, it is not too late still! So the infamous Sri Lankan ... Read More...
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Milk Wine – Essentially Sri Lankan

Jayani SenanayakeDecember 7, 2014
You know what's around the corner when the milk wine is brewing. It's that time of the year again! Despite the occasional gloominess and rain in the evenin... 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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