Food
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Sri Lankan Pickle (Sinhala Accharu)
Last year, during the time of the Sinhala New Year, I found myself downright in a pickle kind of a situation. So, I made pickle. Jokes apart, I literally made pickle. This is what happened. The Sri Lankan New Year / the Sinhala Tamil New Year was fast approaching and the usual boasting and gloat…
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A week of Green Gruel – කොළ කැඳ (koḷa kæn̆da)
So we were back in tropical heaven, Sri Lanka, on vacation. Our first week here we were blessed to be able to try out various Kola kenda recipes. Green smoothies, a super healthy and energy boosting drink, enriched with herbs. Sri Lanka has an abundance of these culinary, medicinally valued ingredients. So, I figured I…
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Veralu and Ambarella Accharu
So, we are back in Sri Lanka for a holiday and most of the trees in my mother-in-law’s house are thriving with fruit. Not to mention an abundance of Ambarella, copious Ceylon Olives (Veralu) that keep falling onto the roof and keep waking me up in the night (bah!),Pera (Guava), big voluptuous kind of citrus (Jam bola)…
Gayani Jayathilake 