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…
Tag: Asian Cuisine
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
INDIAN BUTTER CHICKEN CURRY
This lip smacking butter chicken curry is something you definitely need to cook. This is my simplest version of easy, classic and one pot Indian butter chicken that anyone could cook. All you need is some delicious naan or steamed rice to complete the menu. . Use skinless, boneless chicken breast to this curry and…
SRI LANKAN SPICY SAUTÉED SHRIMPS
Spicy shrimps? Who would say “No” All you need is some steamed rice and creamy dhal curry to start the Zumba in your tummy with these. Spicy sautéed shrimps are what we usually call “Isso Thel Dala/ඉස්සෝ තෙල් දාලා…. This dish always takes part in our family, when it is special. As how I always…
FRIED EGGPLANT CURRY
Throwback to this amazing, delicious curry that I made for my man’s b’day. The dish we all love. we won’t miss, when it’s a special day. Deep fried thinly sliced long slim eggplant and deep fried aromas altogether sink in a bubbling coconut milk with all the essential spices and letting them to simmer couple…
SRI LANKAN KALU POL PORK CURRY
You Sri Lankans may heard, cooked and even tasted various styles pork curries. But I know mostly few of you are know about “kalu pol pork curry” the term kalu pol means dry roasted freshly scrapped coconut and raw rice with mustard seed, later grind it into a fine powder. That’s the main…
CUMIN RICE
You may have seen several types of rice recipes in my feed. this CUMIN RICE is originally from Indian cuisine. Cook it once, you won’t stop falling in love with it. So fragrant, delicious. All the aromas from cumin, bay leaves, star anise, cinnamon and cardamom with flavour of ghee is speechless. . 1.wash…
SRI LANKAN PORK RIB CURRY
Whenever I have pork ribs i used to bbq them. But not using bbq stove, I just use my pan and gas stove to do it. Already shared the recipe in my IG feed. Planning to share it on my blog too. But this time used these pork ribs to make a delicious…
SRI LANKAN SOYA MEAT CURRY
Who doesn’t love a delicious soya meat curry..?? It’s one of the famous vegan curry in Sri Lanka. There are plenty of soya meat brands with hundreds of flavours in Sri Lanka but do you know that you don’t need to use the spices mix that comes with the soya meat packet to create a…
FISH CUTLETS
Is there any Sri Lankan party table without fish cutlets Here I used canned mackerel as many Sri Lankan’s do. But you can use canned tuna also. And if you can find/buy fresh tuna fish marinate it with pinch of turmeric, salt, black pepper and vinegar. Add the marinated fish to a pot with some…
MIXED FRIED RICE
Fried rice is not a new thing to we Sri Lankan. As we growing up eating rice and curry, we all enjoyed fried rice at least once a week. No matter its homemade or from out. Fried rice are what we all wanted on weekend or special day when we were kids. If…
The Dancing kitchen 