Let me talk to you about Lamprais.
The wonderfully smelling parcel that comes to you beautifully wrapped in charred banana leaf is not just one dish, but the... Read More...
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...
Today I’m writing about a dish that changed my perception of cabbage. The Sri Lankan cabbage mallum, or gowa mallum as we Sri Lankans as we know it is a househo... Read More...
From the ancient days, the jack tree was so useful that it was considered akin to a God by Sri Lankans. Every part of the tree is put to use - the young fruit o... Read More...
This deliciously refreshing mint chutney is ideal with rice (especially with biryani, wadei, dosai and basically anything. I sometimes even have it with bread!
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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 ... Read More...
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 ho... Read More...
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 dom... Read More...
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’... Read More...
