Last summer tried making black cherry granita at home. It was so perfect, delicious and refreshing. And I saw some watermelons smiling at the farmers market and bought a baby watermelon just to make some watermelon granita. Babe…..!!! It was awesome so refreshing. Just perfect for hot weather days. It’s always easy as the…
Author: thedancingkitchen1
Hello, I’m Neludi. Originally from Sri Lanka and currently live in Italy. This blog is all about my home cuisine. All photographs are taken by myself. All these recipes what I share here are my own. After so many researches, attempts and failure what I learned. So please do not copy and post in other sites/pages without my permission or giving credits.
WHITE BREAD WITH NUTS
Just a classic white bread loaf from 00 flour and fancy toppings. I always love to create something new in my every work. I love to see some simple fancy look on my works. it makes me feel better, comfortable. I started to think, pay attention what I cook from the moment I enter…
BAKED FISH PATTIES
Savoury patties are mostly welcome in Sri Lankan snack tray, party table and many more other occasions. They are mostly filled with canned fish and veggies almost all the time. if you are craving for some patties, you can find them from street vendors who sell deep fried short eats in every corner of…
HOMEMADE BURGER BUNS
Since my bread turns out well, and I started to believe in myself on my own baking. Now I don’t buy breads from stores.i bake my own bread. And I was craving for some juicy burgers. But still we are under lockdown due to Covid 19. Not a single burger restaurant available near me who…
BLACK CHERRY GRANITA
Summer is on the way. And we all miss our refreshing drinks, gelato and granita. This cherry granita was all about my last summer and I badly miss these. Can’t wait to find some cherry in this summer to make my own homemade cherry granita. This was my first trial on making my own granita…
REVAMPED KAHA BATH
YELLOW FRAGRANT RICE Kaha bath or yellow rice is one of the special rice that we cook in our homes on some special days. People who can afford use basmati rice but those who cannot, use some other good quality rice available in Sri Lanka. My mother used to cook basmati rice most of the…
SPICY JUICY ANNASI
ANNASI is what we call PINEAPPLE in Ceylon. A tropical flavourful fruit. Most of us are like to eat well ripped pineapple, sometime with a touch of little bit of chilli powder and salt or ground pepper and salt on top. Or may be as a mouthwatering spicy tangy sweet Achcharu (Pickle) and sometimes like…
A HEALTHY BREAD
BREAD… This is totally out of my list. (To remember one day) I’m posting this during quarantine 2020 due to covid 19. I tried making Sri Lankan roast paan three times in these quarantine days. First time I failed, totally. And then second time it was somewhat success (I think) but I failed to…
SWEDISH MEATBALLS
How do you prefer your homemade meatballs? I got two main menus. One is “Polpette al sugo” like how Italian calls, Meatballs in tomato sauce. And the other favourite menus is “Swedish meatballs” the one with creamy sauce. I started to eat these Swedish meatballs from Ikea. every time when we do shopping at…
CEYLON BLACK PORK CURRY
Black pork curry is one of the authentic flavourful Sri Lankan meat curry. Meaty pork chunks cooked with some fatty parts along with Ceylon spices and simmer in low heat with touch of thick coconut milk and at last sprinkle some Ceylon black curry powder. That’s how we describe this authentic Ceylon black pork curry….
CITRUS TROUT FILLET
Look at those slices of citrus on the trout fillet. I was so excited with this recipe and happily it was something more, more & more delicious way to eat my trout or even salmon. (Next time I will try this with salmon) freshly chopped herbs, Sichuan pepper and other ingredients with citrus fruits…
ITALIAN MEATBALLS
Looking for some juicy tender meatballs…? Here you are at the right site. These meatballs are made with few ingredients what we usually find in our everyday kitchen. But packed with loads of flavours. These meatballs are not fried, seared in the pan in low flame until all get brown and halfway cooked. And then…
CHICKEN BIRIYANI
Who doesn’t love some chicken biriyani packed with loads of flavours? I’m a big fan of Indian food. And biriyani is top of among all. Most of the time when I don’t have time for fancy food for party table I do my one pot biriyani with whatever I have in the kitchen. But you…
WATTAKKA KALU POL CURRY
Wattakka is what we call for “Pumpkin” in Sri Lanka. if you ask what’s my favourite veggie curry? No doubt its Pumpkin. I love eating pumpkin in all the time. my mom used to cook pumpkin curry with semi boiled pumpkin chunks. And she always leave some pieces with freshly scraped coconut to us eat…
PARIPPU MALLUM
Parippu what we call for dhal in Sri Lanka. An essential curry on our everyday rice and curry plate. There isn’t a meal without a dhal curry in Sri Lanka. We eat dhal curry with various food items. Not only with rice but with many foods. you alway need some good creamy dhal curry to…
TIRAMISU
Tiramisu is a very popular dessert in Italy. Generally tiramisu is coffee flavoured dessert but some use matcha, Japanese green tea powder to flavour this dessert instead of coffee. Let’s go through the traditional recipe but without eggs and alcohol. Tiramisu without eggs and alcohol. Yes….!! Do exists, right… Try this version. I know…
CHORIZO SHAKSHUKA
Well, if we talking about S H A K S H U K A you all know it is a mostly famous one-pot dish in these days with poached eggs in tomato sauce, onion spices and bell peppers and more. Originated from North Africa and Middle East and mostly serve during brunch and dinner. Most…
NUTELLA BROWNIES
One more nutella recipe to my blog.. As you may noticed, I’m a big fan of Nutella. I can eat Nutella in my whole life. Uh…!!! Who cares about calories when there’s chocolate, right…? This is my all time favorite Nutella Brownie, this picture was captured in couple of years ago. Though I bake this…
BLACK CHICKEN CURRY
This is my forever favourite chicken curry. My mother used to cook this on special days. This black chicken curry, sautéed pineapple, deep fried eggplant curry with her yellow rice is my favourite combo ever. My mother used to cook this curry with dry roasted chilli powder. I already shared her CHILLI POWDER process…
SEENISAMBOL BUNS
Seeni sambol or spicy caramelised onion relish is one of the most famous Sri Lankan side dish or filling in our buns/pastry/bread/milk rice and many more. It’s a combination of spiciness from dried chilli flakes, sweet from sugar and tangy from tamarind or garcinia (Goraka) finely sliced onions are cook in very low heat to…
WATALAPPAN
Watalappan is one of the most famous Sri Lankan dessert. This is originally from Sri Lankan Muslims/Malay people. If you hear someone talking about “Biriyani” probably there must be some Watalappan for dessert. Most people use some spices such as cardamom, cinnamon or nutmeg when they make their watalappan. Or even some vanilla. But I…
CHICKEN STUFFED ROTI
If you are a Sri Lankan I know you definitely had plenty of these in your life. “Mas Roti” that’s what we used to call these in Sri Lanka. Mas=Meat. generally these are stuffed with Beef. But as how I keep myself away from Beef, used some chicken as my roti filling. And if you…
LEMON RICE
Rice… staple food of Sri Lanka and very famous among Asian countries. Well we all know to cook many types of rice. Even I, and instead of cooking normal white rice I prefer to modify it with some ingredients which I can find in my day to day kitchen. Try out this lemon rice and…
BROCCOLI MALLUM
Dear Lankan/Asian people, how much do you love to have some Jackfruit Mallum AKA Kos Mallum on your plate? Lots, right..? But what if you couldn’t find some Jackfruits..? Ever thought about any substitution? Well… let me introduce this Broccoli Mallum, flavour more similar to Jackfruit. I got two heads of broccoli, bought couple of…
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