As much as I cook Sri Lankan and Italian food in my kitchen, I do Indian and Mexican too. (I love Mexican cuisine too) I’m never bored of eating all these food, never ever. This egg masala curry is something I mostly do accompany with my biriyani or roti. Cooked this again a couple of…
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.
BEETROOT CRÊPES
Crêpes with Nutella is one of my favourite crêpes, but this time I wanted to try some beetroot crêpes. I got some beetroots in my refrigerator, couple of days ago I bought them to cook a beetroot curry. But I thought some crêpes or pancakes will be great with beetroot. So decided to make some…
CHICKEN KALU POL CURRY
Why everyone talks only about “Pork Kalu Pol”? When we can make “Chicken Kalu Pol” also…. Since the day my mother revealed about her Pork Kalu Pol curry, I had cooked it many times. Also already shared on my blog. I was planning everything for my weekend rice and curry. Had some chicken thighs in…
CHOCOLATE CRÊPES
Crêpes for breakfast/tea time, it’s always a good idea. I’d already shared classic crêpes with Nutella on my blog and click the link in below to get it. And these chocolate crêpes are more delicious with extra more chocolate spreading. Believe me, spread some spoons of Nutella or any other chocolate cream, fold/roll it up….
CHICKEN AND VEGGIE STEW
My mom used to make this Sri Lankan chicken stew whenever we got some visitors/special day in our home. I’d seen various types of stew recipe but I guess her recipe is somewhat different than those. IDK is it differ from region to region or anything else, but the only thing that I know is,…
NUTELLA STUFFED FLUFFY PANCAKES
What about some Nutella stuffed fluffy pancakes for morning? Okay…. lil bit Nutella won’t harm you.Quick and easy breaky idea for morning and more delicious with Nutella filling. 1.in a small bowl whisk 1 egg, 2tbs melted butter and 3/4cup milk together. 2.into an another large mixing bowl, sift 1cup flour and 1tbs baking powder….
DAL CURRY
Red lentil/ dal curry is the traditional and most famous, important curry that always take part in Sri Lankan cuisine. Cooked with coconut milk and rich in flavours with spices and herbs. The most easiest curry that can cook in less than 30 minuets and completely vegan. I’ve been noticing some videos on YouTube about…
DATE CAKE
Delicious, moist and rich golden date cake is easy to make and perfect for your tea time or share with your lovelies. This was inspired by my aunty and completely her recipe. She is the one who always with the baking recipes in our family. And I still remember when I was a little girl,…
SINHALA ACHCHARU
An authentic Sri Lankan meal is not complete without a spoonful of lip smacking “Sinhala achcharu” The word A C H C H A R U means P I C K L E. It’s a consist of peppers, shallots, semi rip papaya, carrots and rest are differ from family to family/region to region. All the…
SRI LANKAN BLACK PRAWN CURRY
It’s the last week of my vacation. i swear this is the best vacation I’ve ever spent in SL with my family. As how I being with my family, in my home, where I grew up made my vacation super. And it was double super as how I got the vacation for Christmas. Celebrated Christmas…
SAFFRON RISOTTO
This creamy saffron risotto is my most favourite risotto among all. Saffron Risotto is the most simple and easy risotto with loads of flavours Always try to use good quality rice suit for your risotto. Arborio or carnaroli are what I use. Try to make your own broth. Use carrot, onion, celery stalk and tomato(optional)…
LAVARIYA
Sri Lankan tea time/ breakfast favourite. Treacle mixed caramelised freshly scraped coconut stuffed in string hopper dumplings. Used steamed wheat flour for the string hopper, but you can use rice flour too. Some use jagger/sugar to caramelise the coconut but Treacle is what my mother use every time. Never thought this was this much easy….
SPAGHETTI WITH SCAMPI SHRIMPS
What dish will take main part of your traditional Christmas Eve? Not yet planned. Try this easy scampi shrimps spaghetti for your family dinner. 1.i got 6 medium scampi, was roughly about 250g. Carefully remove the head, shell, clean and wash. Gently crush the body with knife to absorb the flavours. 2.heat the pan with…
SALMON FISH CURRY
Norwegian salmon head in coconut milk with black curry powder and essential Sri Lankan fragrant When everyone goes with salmon fish head stew/soup, I was thinking to make it in our own version. Firstly wanted to create a creamy turmeric fish head curry but as how salmon fish contain fat, My mother was asking me…
PULLED PORK LOIN SAUCE
As pork takes the main part of our meals most of the time, I got some pork loin in refrigerator. It was a quick idea came to mind, what if I slow cook this? Or just a Italian meat sauce style? I got everything for Italian meat sauce in home. So here I cooked in…
STUFFED POL ROTI
Ever thought of making some quesadillas without tortilla? Sounds wired, right? Then what if we substitute some POL ROTI instead of TORTILLAS. Try, you’ll love it. These pol rotties were stuffed with spicy canned tuna and cheese. CHEESE? Yes…!!! Because in Spanish “Queso” means “Cheese” so how could we miss cheese in our pol rotties…
POL ROTI & SARDINE FISH CURRY
Before you get the recipe, remember here you got two most favourite and famous Sri Lankan recipes together. This pol roti is so rich in freshly scraped coconut, nothing else just the traditional pol roti with loads of coconut, flour, salt and water. That’s how the dough was made. Usually my mom use some “kalati…
POTATO & LEEKS CURRY
Trying my mom in law’s creamy potato & leeks curry for the very first time in my kitchen. I really never had these two together like this, not even at her place. but my husband was saying about this curry from week and forcing me to cook this. Got the recipe from my mom in…
CRÊPES
Happy morning with happy tummy. Morning with some Nutella stuffed sweet crêpes and fresh strawberries. Who would say NO? Crêpes are one of our best and the best breakfast in holidays. We never eat our crêpes without a good spread of Nutella. I think these two have a beautiful relationship, am I wrong? We are…
SHRIMP & PANCETTA FRIED RICE
Some simple shrimp and smoked pancetta fried rice to fix the Sunday lunch. . Sunday means mostly RICE for us, after a hectic week finally got a time for myself. Though was planning for good rice and curry, at last changed my mind. Chopped and added those shrimps for rice with some smoked pancetta I…
SRI LANKAN BEETROOT CURRY
Honestly I’m not a big fan of Beetroot. Not even a little bit . The main and only reason is, I really don’t like it’s Red colour. Though I cook beetroot for others, these won’t take part in my plate. Started to hate the colour of beetroot when I was a little girl. Though other…
CREAMY TURMERIC POTATO aka ALA KIRI HODI
Creamy turmeric potato curry aka “ala Kiri hodi” is every Sri Lankan child’s favourite curry. One of the main toddler food but without tempering. Some people completely boiled potatoes and when the coconut milk with spices begins to bubbling they add the potatoes, some completely cooked the potatoes in coconut milk but what I learnt…
BIBIKKAN/POL CAKE
Less than a week for Christmas. What kind of sweets are you gonna prepare? Still no idea. Try this traditional BIBIKKAN recipe from our family. So easy to make and you won’t stop eating this. Get the recipe and don’t forget to make a good strong ginger infused Ceylon tea to enjoy your cake. Coconut…
SLOW COOKED PORK SHANK
what’s your favourite pork shank recipe? Mine is, those slow cooked shanks in IKEA. Yes…..!!! We both love those Swedish meatballs with gravy and slow cooked pork shank in IKEA. No doubt those are the best. whenever we were at IKEA, he was asking “when will you cook some pork shank” and “sooner” was my…
TUNA & EGG PUFF PASTRY
Savoury pastry, filled with canned tuna, hard boiled eggs, herbs and Sri lankan spices. One of the famous breakfast, teatime snack, party food idea of Sri Lankan’s and specially short-eat snack when you are busy, on the way. In Sri Lanka we got lots of pastry shops here and there. We used to eat at…
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