Sri Lankan Food & Healthy food recipes Peckish Me

Happy Sinhala & Tamil New Year! – On boiling milk on Sri Lankan New Year

Jayani SenanayakeApril 18, 2017

Pots overflowed, oil spat, splattered and fried and smoke filled our houses. And we overzealous lot are currently in a constant state of overeaten stupor with our pantries and kitchens overflowing with various goodies, prepared specially for the Sinh... Read More...

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Sri Lankan Cashew nut curry

Jayani SenanayakeApril 10, 2017

We Sri Lankans not only eat our cashew. We cook them. April brings with it an abundant harvest of cashew nuts, strewn under trees for the picking. Several years back when cashew was not cultivated as a commercial crop, little girls and boys would ... Read More...

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Sri Lankan date cake – An essential Avurudu treat

Jayani SenanayakeApril 7, 2017

Whenever we were entertaining large groups (of that there were many because there are never small groups when it comes to Sri Lankan gatherings) whether it be for tea, for goodie plates on avururdu or some other occasion, my mother always used to say... 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 sipping on glasses of lemonade and nibbling on little treats or just lounging about in our bal... 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 goodies are being unloaded from traditional wood fired ovens at a particular time of the day. ... Read More...

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Nelli (Gooseberry) Jam – A Sri Lankan Jam recipe

Jayani SenanayakeMarch 17, 2017

Walking through a market space in Sri Lanka is a rewarding experience. Multicolored hues greet you jubilantly in the form of dewy fresh vegetables and lusciously ripe fruit while vendors announce their goods in singsong voices urging you to purchase,... Read More...

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Bellissima – Artisanal Chocolate Biscuit Pudding

Jayani SenanayakeMarch 12, 2017

Let’s just say this and get it over with. I am completely hooked on Bellissima’s Arrack chocolate biscuit pudding. Bellissima has been around for some time serving you decadent desserts in Sri Lanka, but for some reason, I have failed to stumble a... Read More...

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Sri Lankan Chicken Curry

Jayani SenanayakeMarch 3, 2017

It starts with the crisp hiss of deliciousness hitting hot oil. A whiff of cinnamon, cardamom and clove later, what follows is a mishmash of aromas evoking islands in the sun, leading you by the nose and into your wide open Ceylonese kitchen where th... Read More...

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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 makes all those around salivate - cooking Sri Lankan milk rice in itself is a treat. When s... Read More...

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Butter and sugar cookies that melt in the mouth – Only 5 ingredients

Jayani SenanayakeFebruary 24, 2017

The intoxicating smell of butter burning, the thin crackle of the sugar as it breaks the surface, that warmth of browning cookies in the oven on a particularly gloomy day turns any bad day into a beamingly good one. As you drift towards the kitchen y... Read More...

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Sri Lankan pancakes (Wellawahum)

Jayani SenanayakeFebruary 17, 2017

When us Sri Lankans talk about pancakes, we are talking about luscious treacly coconut filled ones. I remember walking into a house flooding with the warmth of roasting coconut while the subtle hints of spices embrace you like an old comfortable d... Read More...

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Valentines Day recipe – Strawberry chocolate tarts

Jayani SenanayakeFebruary 13, 2017

I’ve never celebrated Valentine’s Day. Not even once. I am rather annoyed with how commercialized everything has become over the years. Roses, fancy candies that cost you an arm and a leg, expensive Valentine’s Day dinners – it’s ludicrous how muc... Read More...

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Grilled chicken Spaghetti – Comfort in a bowl <3

Jayani SenanayakeFebruary 10, 2017

So sometimes I have these HUMONGOUS carb cravings. I generally avoid carbs in day to day life and stick to proteins and fiber-rich food which keep me full and revitalized. Carbs slow me down and make me put on grotesquely and I can’t have that. Wi... Read More...

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Habala pethi aggala (A healthy Sri Lankan rice flakes snack)

Jayani SenanayakeFebruary 7, 2017

When I was small, weekend afternoons always brought in treats. My mother being a working woman would be more or less at leisure during the weekend and we know that this is when the good stuff comes out. The sound of grating, pots bubbling, cutting an... Read More...

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