Sri Lankan cuisine is a unique gastronomical experience that is filled with sweetness and spice. I show you how to make these traditional and authentic Sri Lankan recipes and with video instructions. Be sure to see my YouTube Channel for more!
A famous dish in Sri Lanka that everyone loves is Cashew Curry.
It's rich and creamy and full of great flavor that goes best with rice.
While most people make this curry by adding Coconut Milk, in this recipe, we're using only Cashews
and it will be very rich and creamy.
Fish Eggs, known as Malu Bithara in Sri Lanka, are rich in Omega 3 Fatty acids which are essential for brain and heart health
and it helps reduce inflammation in the body. In this recipe, we show you 2 ways of using Fish Eggs to make a
Malu Bithara Curry and Malu Bithara Omelette.
Sri Lankan New Years is filled with great and tasty foods but it can be
very oily, carby, and sugary. This 7 types of Vegetable Curry,
also known as the Hath Maluwa, is an important part of the New Years food table and
it is a healthy meal to eat during New Years that even the villagers from yesteryear knew about.
Kesel Kole Rice was a prepared rice meal that was wrapped in a banana leaf and taken on long journeys.
The Kesel Kole Rice meal will stay fresh for at least 1 day because of the way it was prepared which
involved cooking the rice and side dishes until all the moisture has gone.
Traditional Curry Powder is a unique and important ingredient in cooking in Sri Lankan villages
and it was made fresh weekly. Traditional Curry Powder is actually a paste (called "Pahe Guli" in Sinhala)
and it comes in 3 types which are stored in a Coconut Shell (called "Pahe Pol Katta" in Sinhala).
Authentic Sri Lankan Curry Powder is one of the recipes
many people have been asking me for. The secret of many tasty Sri Lankan Meals is the Curry Powder
that was used. With this recipe, you are using natural ingredients and
you no longer have to buy Curry Powder from the store.
Kithul Bada Curry is a curry made from the Kithul Tree's stem.
This is a rare recipe not many people know about but it was an important curry for our ancestors in Sri Lanka.
Kithul Bada Curry is good for cooling your body and reducing body heatyness.
Horse Gram Curry, called Kollu Maaluwa in Sri Lanka,
is a healthy curry made from Horse Gram and spices. It looks similar to a Parippu Curry.
Horse Gram is important in ayurveda and good for strength and helping prevent or reduce diabetes.
It is most commonly eaten with Kurakkan Thalapa.
Shallot and Garlic Curries are 2 of the most important and healthy curries for almsgiving
in traditional villages in Sri Lanka. They will make only one of these curries for almsgiving day but not both.
For these curries, you do not add any Oil.
This is one of the tastiest Thibbatu Curries you will try because it is
prepared in a special way using Ambarella and Sprats. With a curry like this,
you do not need to make any additional curries for your meal because it is so tasty and aromatic.