Chicken fry #1 Secrets of the Sri Lankan black curry fry
This unique way of making chicken fry with Sri Lankan spices is perfect to cook frozen chicken breast
Wonderfully creamy and cooling curry for summer with plantains
Plantains in a creamy Sri Lankan curry sauce is something simple to make yet so wonderful. It is plant based, and cooling, with sweet scent of fennel. when I see plantains in supermarkets and am delighted by the find. Whether it is a fried snack, or a dessert or in flatbread plantains are great base […]
Perfect Ground Beef Curry for Tacos or Sloppy Joes
Ground beef in a curry is really a convenient meal prep option that is surprisingly flavorful. Ground beef curry-based meals are among my favorite dishes that my kids reach out to every time. Sloppy joes, tacos mini pizzas with curry sauce, spaghetti, or ground beef casserole, among their favorite dinners. I love making ground beef […]
World Famous Dark Tuna Curry Recipe #1
Sri Lankan Ambul Thiyal Curry Sri Lankan and Hindu new year is precious and auspicious time for Sri Lankans. Very special dishes are made for weeks ahead, in preparation for the day. Sri Lankan dark tuna curry or Ambul thiyal is one such dish that takes a prominent position in the lunch table. Yellowfin tuna, […]
Finger licking good pineapple curry two
Pineapple curry with red curry powder Pineapple curry is so good that it needs an updated version with the traditional way of making it with my homemade curry powders. Pineapples one of the big-time delicacies in Sri Lanka but to cook a curry out of pineapples, they need to be in that sweet spot where […]
Why This Beetroot Curry is So Lavish
Beetroot curry in sri Lankan rice and curry menu takes absolute spotlight point. It create pinnacle of flavor while all the other milder curries bring up the body along with steamed rice. Everything joined together in harmony creates this musical rice and curry ensemble of a meal. Among my favorite Sri Lankan rice and curry […]
Red Curry Chili
Gourmet Sri Lankan Red Curry for plant protein with easy red curry powder Part of everyday cuisine is beans, lentils and other pluses in curries. I call them curry chili. Apart from red lentil curry, which is based on yellow curry powder, other red, pinto or black beans and chickpeas are a perfect fit to […]
Rich vegan spinach curry recipe
Spinach and lentil curry sauce Spinach is probably the most abundant green what I can find to make curries with. Mild flavor of spinach makes it a good addition to any other dish or meal you might be preparing. I love a good simple salad of baby spinach and arugula with sliced Campari tomatoes pinch […]
One of Best curry based meals from my kitchen 🥦🥥🥧🥪🌮🍝🍚
Chickpea in a curry is one of my favorite foods. I love creating hummus flavors with different curry sauces that I make. Also I love a good chickpeas curry, crusty chickpea snack in air fryer, or tempered chickpeas with pita chips. Options are limitless. But today I am making chickpeas and another different curry in […]
Three easiest vegan curries, one curry powder
Making curry powder and vegan curries using it is newfound favorite of mine. When I thought about shifting to plant-based diet, I did lot of research about what kind of meals to prepare to keep eating healthy but interesting with out adding loads of processed foods or additives. I had gotten used to staying away […]
Duck Curry; Top most labor of love for your family
Duck Curry in Clay There is not a special reason to make a duck curry today. True, spring is getting closer, and I am so looking forward to spring after frosty winter weather. I am also cooking up a storm in the meantime. So, I thought I wanted to create my own recipe twist for […]
Rice: Top four popular recipes from Sri Lanka
Meal prep recipes Ghee Rice The flavorful dish is quite easy and straight forward to make. Ghee style and its variations are a popular choice when it comes to wedding menu creations in Sri Lanka. Medium or short grain raw rice is perfect for making this side dish. At my home whenever cook this, I […]
Aubergines and how Ceylonese aubergine curry is different from Thai green curry
Aubergine curry Ceylonese style
Whole mung beans: Why you should make a curry out of them
Whole Mung Beans Curry Mung beans why are they good for you whole Mung beans is a more popular legume in Asian countries because of its draught friendly shorter crop cycle and easy to grow crop. It is curried, used in salads and in desserts and breads. Many popular desserts in Sri Lanka uses roasted […]
Rye Sourdough baking tips and tricks learned over the years
An update to 100% rye wheat sourdough breadmaking with Rye flour Rye sourdough backing ! Let me start by mentioning where I got my inspiration on for the first time. The perfect loaf. This amazing blog by Maurizio Leo, who is so hands on and knowledgeable about all things baking. Past five years I have […]
Sri Lankan Red Curry Seasoning Base
The Sri Lankan Umami Part -3 We have had a quite a journey with seasoning blends that we prepared in our previous posts. After much trial and error and research, it was a hallelujah moment for me when I figured out the curry blends that simplified labor intensive process of Sri Lankan curries. I am […]
Flavor Infused Olive Oil
Hello my lovely friends, I know I have been silent for some time now, but let me come beck to you with this well loved condiment recipe if you will. Even when I could not do a nice article to publish, I never stopped cooking and documenting. Let me share one of my kitchen staple […]
Warm comfort of Sri Lankan coconut milk rice
Sri Lankan coconut milk rice go hand in hand with all the festivities. It is a celebratory meal. First day of the year, Sri Lankan agrarian new year in April, sometimes at the beginning of every month Sri Lankans celebrate with coconut milk rice and sour fish curry / Ambul thiyal with sweets. It’s bound […]