It’s about time.
Really, I have absolutely no idea I took SO long to write about the world famous Sri Lankan prawn curry. This here is hand down, one of the ... Read More...
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...
I think Sri Lanka is one of the best countries to be vegan in.
It’s not even the mango season but mangoes are aplenty in supermarkets and we couldn’t be happ... Read More...
So you want to know what the best Sri Lankan mutton biriyani tastes like. But is there such a thing as Sri Lankan biryani anyway?
Actually there is. And we i... Read More...
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 ye... Read More...
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 make... Read More...
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...
Sago. We eat it as a pudding, we eat it to remedy the “heat” in our body, we mostly drink it, usually in the morning as it is said to be a “cooling” food. Let’s... Read More...
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... Read More...
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 th... Read More...
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 cr... Read More...
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...
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...
