The Dancing kitchen

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…

FISH STEW

When I was doing my grocery shopping did bought two mackerel fish. Never had a idea what am I gonna do with them. But when I came home, had a video call with my mother and we started to talk about seafood. Some seafood menus. Then the topic was her “Fish stew”. It is…

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…

EGG MASALA CURRY

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…

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….