Sri Lankan Food & Healthy food recipes Peckish Me

Ooey-gooey Cheese Buns

Jayani SenanayakeMay 8, 2015

I was on one of my baking frenzies when I baked these. A whim that I just needed to put in the oven and see how it comes out. Well they are so damned good that even I was surprised at how awesome they turned out. The dough is the basic maalu paan ... Read More...

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Classic Scones – A teatime Must

Jayani SenanayakeMay 4, 2015

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, clotted cream and whatnot to nibble at in the meantime. Very Jane Austen noh? Teatime, fo... Read More...

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Date Rolls – Healthy energy bars for any time

Jayani SenanayakeMay 2, 2015

If ever there was guilt-free indulgence, this would be it. Exotic, Middle Eastern, Arabian Nights. The first three words that came to my head upon taking the first bite. It's a lovely, lovely snack, if I may say so myself. I love dates. A few d... Read More...

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Sri Lankan Crab Curry

Jayani SenanayakeMay 1, 2015

I have had crab in every which way possible; at the most outrageously priced crab specialty restaurants to the small hole-in-the-wall outlets known for their crab curry in Sri Lanka and elsewhere, but let me just say that I am yet to encounter a crab... 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 weekend filled with plenty leisure and lots of great food adventures. Potato fudge or Ala to... Read More...

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Iced Tea

Jayani SenanayakeApril 19, 2015

A cold glass of tangy, bitter-sweet liquid gleaming golden in your hand as you fan yourself against the tropical heat. Sounds wonderful doesn't it? This is one of the simplest, most mundane recipes - mundane because this is something that I've been m... Read More...

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Pani Walalu AKA Undu Wel

Jayani SenanayakeApril 13, 2015

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 confidently say that NEVER have I tasted Pani Walalu as good as these, my mother's own recipe. ... Read More...

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Narang Kevum AKA Pol Kevum

Jayani SenanayakeApril 13, 2015

Visiting the south coast where my parents were born right before the Sri Lankan New Year for me, is always an adventure. Passing the golden beaches lined with azure water and coconut trees, the wind that kisses you is perfumed by the salty blue of... Read More...

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Mung Kevum AKA Mung Bean Sweets

Jayani SenanayakeApril 13, 2015

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 like fun? My mother is extremely fond of this and insists she makes this every year. S... 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 blunders, this is memories in making :) I am covered with oil burns, blisters and cuts, never... 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 Lankan families do, our household is all set to celebrate the occasion with an abundance ... Read More...

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Coconut truffles – Exotic & yummy!

Jayani SenanayakeApril 5, 2015

Exotic cz it tastes like that. Honestly, that is the first word that popped into my head once I took a bite. How would you like to bite into a creamy, coconut middle surrounded by a layer of brittle, dark chocolate? This is quite an unassuming but... 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 cold and frozen are more than welcome in my household and therefore, the frozen yogurt co... Read More...

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Homemade yogurt – Healthy & fresh

Jayani SenanayakeMarch 29, 2015

I love yogurt. I begin my day with a yogurt and end it with one, so yogurt at my place is not a rarity. They say that yogurt is healthy, but how do you know how much of artificial preservatives and other chemicals go in there? Which is why I started ... Read More...

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