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Hummus at home

Jayani SenanayakeApril 2, 2021
How many of you buy readymade hummus from the store? Do you know what goes in it – which preservatives, flavors, colors etc that can be harmful to your health?... Read More...
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Homemade pizza – A guide

Jayani SenanayakeApril 20, 2020
Gentlemen, if your lady makes you pizza, cherish her. That one is a keeper. Ladies, same goes to you. That man is precious. Guard him with your life. Pizza ma... Read More...
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Quarantine-friendly Samosa recipe

Jayani SenanayakeMarch 31, 2020
I hope you still got those samosa/spring roll sheets in the freezer. I’m usually always “well equipped” when it comes to food. My husband often asks me if I... Read More...
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Dirty Rice – A Creole Specialty

Jayani SenanayakeMay 3, 2019
Ok folks, let’s get down and dirty. I was intrigued by the name really at first. And then I was intrigued by its flavors. Dirty rice is a traditional Creole... 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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Gulab Jamun – A Game of Thrones Recipe

Jayani SenanayakeSeptember 22, 2017
A treat for the Dornish Lords & Ladies I can just imagine the lords and ladies of Dorne sitting around devouring Gulab Jamuns, syrup trickling down their c... Read More...
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Lemon cakes for Sansa – A Game of Thrones Recipe

Jayani SenanayakeSeptember 15, 2017
If you are a Game of Thrones fan and you haven’t watched the Season Finale of Season 7 yet, chances are that you still hate Sansa Stark, Lady of the North. B... Read More...
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Miraculous Sri Lankan Herbal Teas – Ranawara

Jayani SenanayakeAugust 9, 2017
Once a year, the whole family, mother, father, brother and myself flanked by a plethora of family friends and their families head down to Katharagama to pay hom... Read More...
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Rosemary Focaccia Bread

Jayani SenanayakeJuly 12, 2017
I want to talk about this focaccia bread that I made a few months back. This recipe actually dates back to May when the summer winds were blowing but the hea... Read More...
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Sri Lankan Iced coffee – Iced, Spiced & Brandied

Jayani SenanayakeJuly 4, 2017
If you’ve never met my mother or me, chances are you’ve probably not really had a proper Sri Lankan Iced Coffee. Before writing this post, I scoured the worl... Read More...
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Sri lankan Mutton Biryani

Jayani SenanayakeMay 26, 2017
So you want to know what the best Sri Lankan mutton biriyani tastes like. But is there such a thing as Sri Lankan biryani anyway? Actually there is. And we i... Read More...
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Horchata – A refreshing Mexican Rice Milk

Jayani SenanayakeMarch 28, 2017
Days are long and sweltering and we in this tropical island haven are heading towards those elongated evenings fanning ourselves under the shady mango tree sipp... Read More...
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Pani Paan – A Sri Lankan bread recipe

Jayani SenanayakeMarch 21, 2017
3 o’clock in the afternoon. Wherever you are in this paradise isle, your nose lures you in from inside your house towards the neighborhood bakery where hot good... Read More...
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Milk Rice

Sri Lankan Milk Rice (Kiribath)

Jayani SenanayakeMarch 1, 2017
A clay pot, a sputtering open fire, milk frothing at the mouth of the pot and sizzling as it dribbles down the heated surface, a toasted coconut aroma that make... 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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