Same flavors and slow-cooked taste of regular Sri Lankan beef curry, made easier in an Instapot.
Instant Pot Sri Lankan Cashew Curry/කජු කරිය
Why the Cashews Need to be Soft Sri Lankan cashew curry in the old days was made with fresh never-dried cashews harvested directly from trees, they have a soft creamy texture with no crunch. These days this soft texture has…
Hoppers Sri Lankan Style / ආප්ප
Recipe Credit This recipe for hoppers is from my dear friend Manjula who makes amazing hoppers. If you’re lucky to be invited to one of her hopper dinners – you’ll see her cook on five pans simultaneously while happily chatting…
Easy Sautéed Green Beans
Bonchi Theldala as it’s called in Sri Lanka. This simple 5-ingredient (beans, onion, garlic, salt, coconut oil) dish is quick and easy. Stores well in the refrigerator so you can make extra. Make it more Sri Lankan-like with an optional…
Easy Parippu Wade on the Griddle
Sri Lankan parripu wade made easy on the griddle. Same great taste but no deep frying needed.
Coconuts – How to Choose, Scrape, Store & Substitute.
Coconuts so important in Sri Lankan cooking and it’s one item that’s somewhat hard to deal with so I think it warrants a post by itself. Shredded Coconut For things like a pol sambol it doesn’t taste the same to…
Spicy Apple Chutney
This spicy apple chutney as lots of flavor and is a good alternative to all the delicious tropical fruit-chutneys that Sri Lankans are used to. Amabarella chutney, Mango chutney etc while the texture of the apple is much softer there’s a lot that tastes familiar.
Seeni Sambol
My favorite accompaniment for hoppers. Kind of time-consuming to make and involves a chopping lots of Fantastic as an accompaniment for hoppers, pol roti, milk-rice or just bread. Enhances a meal of rice and curry. Involves a lot of onion…
Sri Lankan Spicy Beef Curry
Estimated Time: 1 hour prep, 1 hour simmer-time Difficulty: Moderate Servings: 6 as an entree served with rice This curry packs plenty of heat and makes a generous amount of delicious gravy. I also make a version of this curry…
Pol Roti or Coconut Roti
Estimated Time: 30 minutes Difficulty: Easy Servings: 2 (makes 6 rotis) My recipe for this typical Sri Lankan flat-bread takes minutes to make with 3 simple ingredients. Often a quick-to-make breakfast or dinner item. My recipe contains more coconut than…
Cucumber & Tomato Salad
A quick and easy way to add a salad to a meal. No dressing required. Five simple ingredients. The cherry tomatoes actually came from my garden. I grew both red and yellow this summer – but the yellow sun-golds contracted…
Basil-Cashew Pesto
Estimated Time: 15 minutes Difficulty: Easy Servings: 10 I experimented with home-made pesto sauce and was blown away by how much better it tastes than the bottled/aged stuff from the store. I ran out of pine-nuts one day and still…