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…
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…
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…
Carrot Salad
This is a basic Sri Lankan recipe, sort of like a carrot-slaw. It’s simple, quick, and the whole thing is raw. A great addition for a meal in a hurry. Carrots last in the fridge so I always have some…
Mustard Fish Curry
This is “malu sudhata” in Sinhala, translates as “fish white” curry because most other fish preparations are more colorful due to the spices added. It has a lot of fresh mustard taste so I changed the traditional name to be…
Kale Mallum
‘Mallum’ in Sinhala refers to finely chopped greens lightly sautéed with grated/shredded coconut. The raw version of mallum can be made with greens like watercress or gotukola. The raw-version is my all-time favorite Sri Lankan vegetable side-dish. The Lacinato or…