Homemade Ricotta Cheese
The ultimate achievement is having a sandwich with bread you have baked and cheese you made with your own hands. Well, mission accomplished!
I am feeling gui... Read More...
Vegetarian
Classic Scones – A teatime Must
Imagine Victorian ladies with their frilly little parasols and poofy gowns having a title-tattle over their afternoon tea. Imagine the tea table with scones, cl... Read More...
Potato fudge aka Ala toffee
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...
Pani Walalu AKA Undu Wel
I have tasted Pani Walalu from various places, right across the country, made by many, reputed to be "the best" Pani Walalu in the country, but I can very confi... Read More...
Mung Kevum AKA Mung Bean Sweets
This must be the most nutritious sweet of the lot. A mung bean paste coated with a crunchy rice flour paste fried in golden coconut oil. Now doesn't that sound ... Read More...
The Kokis Tutorial
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...
The making of Kevum – Traditionally Sri Lankan
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...
Milk Wine – Essentially Sri Lankan
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...