Sri Lankan Food & Healthy food recipes Peckish Me

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 has made me shift residence too. I am a city girl. I like my comforts nearby, supermarkets e... 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 that a sleepy smile draws across my lips with my eyes fast shut still. And I would stretc... Read More...

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A bowl of sunshine & happy riot – Sweet corn salad

Jayani SenanayakeJune 10, 2016

Happy stained glass-dappled sunshine :) I just realized that I have never posted anything on salads. Which is tragic because I love salads! Salads are my go-to meal when I don’t really feel like eating anything else, when I am hungry and need a... 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, as if doesn’t care at all. As beautiful as the rain is, it makes me sad what havoc it ca... 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 on Sunday. “Wait till I cook those for you” she said. Thumba Karavila, those furry li... Read More...

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Purple Yam smoothie – Raja Ala drink

Jayani SenanayakeMay 6, 2016

Large, bulbous and purple – that is Raja Ala for you. I was on my usual Sunday morning Farmers’ Market visit the other day, casually strolling through the aisles, dodging hoards of sweaty men carrying heavy boxes on their shoulders and aunties... Read More...

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My Sri Lankan Pork stir fry

Jayani SenanayakeApril 28, 2016

Anyone who knows me knows that I have a thing for pork. A VERY big thing for pork. While it is not something that we eat every day, it is definitely something that we very much enjoy in our household. Whether in a stir fry, mother’s signature b... 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 hours in the night. A new place that I am yet to call as home, yet I tried my best to make i... Read More...

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Happy Sri Lankan New Year!

Jayani SenanayakeApril 11, 2016

Step on to the streets and you could see that not only the people, but also nature is getting ready for the Sri Lankan New Year. The mango trees are heavy with fruit and we pluck them by the hand and spend these sweltering hot afternoons eating mango... 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 domestics who did the cooking during the week days. I hated the way they prepared the dish, s... 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’s cooking. I may have mentioned this earlier, but I come from a family of exceptionally gi... 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 were settling down we were both very much feeling the heat. The balcony doors in my room w... Read More...

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Homemade Peanut Butter

Jayani SenanayakeMarch 23, 2016

All of us have had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and all of us at some point have gotten addicted to the stuff. For me, peanut butter is something that comes out of a jar on a supermarket shelf. I had no idea that this can be made locally, let a... Read More...

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My wedding – A review

Jayani SenanayakeMarch 20, 2016

Yes, a review. Why? Because I had my wedding just recently and therefore I feel the pain of many, many others who are and will be planning their weddings in the near future. We made a few mistakes, we made many right choices, so I feel that it is onl... Read More...

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