Independence Day, also commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States of America. While choosing recipes for American Breakfast, I thought it was a wonderful idea to depict their flag. I know people go crazy with the National Flag and do all sorts of things. They paint their…
Throughout my US trip, I ate loads and loads of potatoes. Truly, at times being vegetarian can be difficult. While on my trip we stayed with family, so food was not a issue, but whenever we traveled and ate out, I felt potatoes were the safest. One can never ever go wrong with them. …
BM # 44 International ABC Cooking Cooking with Alphabets : T Meal Type : Sweet Turkey Country Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, is a contiguous transcontinental country, When you ask a Turk what to eat as a Turkish dessert, baklava is the most common answer. Turks love sweets and baklava is a fine example…
Potatoes are a hot favorite with Lankans. I remember Nancy, (my brothers cook) in SriLanka who used to make a variety of dishes with potato. Initially I wanted to made Deviled Potatoes, but my final choice was this Dry curry. I had bookmarked this recipe from Jyoti Nikunj Parekhs book long long back. The curry has a aromatic paste which has…
While choosing my dishes for Sri Lankan Cuisine, Cauliflower Frikadels caught my attention. I chose my recipes from The Wonders of Vegetarian Cooking, these Frikadels are just like Indian Pakoras. The taste is very similar, though these are made by marinating the cauliflower with coconut and spices. The batter too is different , but they…
For making the Lankan Curry, I had to make this curry powder. This is a very flavoursome spice blend, that is used in different dishes, including the non vegetarian dishes. Sri Lankan Roasted Curry Powder Recipe Ingredients: Cinnamon Stick – 3’ inch Cloves – 1/2 tsp Curry Leaves – 10 Coriander seeds / Dhaniya –…
Pickles always perk up a meal. I have always been fond of these but very recently have kind of given up on these.While making this meal, I made a very very small batch of the pickle, as I wanted to taste and get the Sri Lankan flavours of pickle. The pickle tasted really good and…
Pol Sambol is a traditional dish from Sri Lanka. It is made with fresh coconuts and is served as an accompaniment with rice, hoppers and most of the meals. It is very simple to prepare. All ingredients are added and given a good massage. Yes the mixing has to be with hands , then only…
While making Sadya from Kerala, I read about the beet root pachadi, which is quite the same as beet root raita, just a different name. The Sri Lankan version is different though. Instead of using curd they use Mayo, and the result, just amazing. It’s a simple recipe but unbelievable flavor. For pickled cucumbers, I grated them…
Idiyappam is culinary specialty in Kerala, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu and southern areas of Karnataka.It is also a culinary staple in Sri Lanka. The name idiyappam derives from the Tamil / Malayalam words idi, meaning ‘broken down’, and appam, meaning “pancake”. Pronounced as e-di- ap-pam / appung. It is made of rice flour, wheat flour…