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Manique Abayasekara
Dec 3, 20221 min read
Creamy Chipolata and Bacon Pasta
Ingredients 1 packet Pasta 5 tbsp Butter 2 tbsp All purpose flour 4 cloves Garlic 2 cups of chicken stock 1 cup of heavy cream 2 tsp...
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Manique Abayasekara
Dec 2, 20221 min read
Mango Jelly
Ingredients 3 Fresh ripe Mangoes Strawberry Jelly or any flavour Cream Grapes and mint leaves for decoration Method slice a few mangoes,...
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Manique Abayasekara
Dec 2, 20221 min read
Vanilla Ice Cream (another method)
makes about 3/4 of a litre of ice cream: Ingredients 1 vanilla bean 4 egg yolks 90 g sugar 30 cl milk 20 cl liquid cream Method Whisk...
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Manique Abayasekara
Dec 2, 20221 min read
Vegetable Crescent roll
Ingredients Puff pastry circle Mozzarella cheese Coloured peppers Caramelized onions Salt and pepper 1 egg Method You could either buy...
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Manique Abayasekara
Dec 2, 20221 min read
Olive Pickle (Veralu achcharu)
another method Ingredients Raw olives with seeds tamarind paste 2 Tsp chili powder 1 Tsp pepper powder 1 Tsp salt 5 Tsp sugar Method Wash...
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Manique Abayasekara
Dec 1, 20221 min read
No Cook Coconut Ice
Ingredients 397g tin condensed milk 325g icing sugar 325g desiccated coconut Method With a wooden spoon mix together the condensed milk,...
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Manique Abayasekara
Dec 1, 20221 min read
Frosty the Snowman
Christmas cake inside Used a silicon mould in the shape of a snowman, poured the Christmas cake mixture and baked the cake. once cool I...
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Manique Abayasekara
Dec 1, 20222 min read
Ladies Fingers/Okra Masala
Bhindi (Okra) masala - a semi dry lightly spiced north Indian curry made with okra Ingredients 200-250 gm bhindi/okra 1 medium size...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 30, 20221 min read
Super moist Banana Bread
Ingredients 4 over ripe bananas 1/2 cup vegetable oil 3/4 cup granulated sugar or if you prefer less sugar use ½ cup 2 large eggs 1 tsp...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 29, 20221 min read
Mango Mousse Pudding
This recipe was given to me by Shanthi Akka Toronto Ingredients 1 can/tin mango pulp 2 peach Jello mix (jelly packets) 1 tub of cool whip...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 27, 20221 min read
Easy Chinese Noodles (Lo Mein)
Ingredients (serves 4) 226 gm ounces egg noodles 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 cups mushrooms, sliced (optional) 1 red...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 27, 20221 min read
Chocolate Mousse without eggs - sets in 5 minutes
Ingredients 250 g chocolate chips, buttons or pieces 150 g marshmallows (If its large marshmallows cut them into four) 50 g butter 4 tbsp...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 27, 20222 min read
Chicken curry (Sri Lankan style)
Ingredients to marinade Cut and wash chicken into smaller sizes than usually used (take skin off unless you like to eat the skin) 4 stiks...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 26, 20221 min read
Chocolate Amaretto Cake
Ingredients 1st step 500 gms Amaretto biscuits 100 gms flaked Almonds 100 gms sugar 1 rind of an orange 2 step 4 eggs – beat in a bowl...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 26, 20221 min read
Rice Flour Waffles
I was able to make 5 waffles with this quantity Ingredients 300 g Rice flour 1.5 tsp Baking powder for dough 2 Eggs 1.5 tsp Sugar a pinch...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 26, 20221 min read
Cucumber Raita
Serves: 2 cups Ingredients 2 cups of plain unsweetened natural yogurt juice of 1 lemon 1 English cucumber, roughly chopped 1/2 red chili,...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 25, 20221 min read
Mango and Passion Fruit Jam
Ingredients 450g mango (approx. 1 fruit) 4 passion fruits 1 Tbsp lemon juice 250 gm of Sugar 1 packet of Gelling agent-this contains...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 22, 20222 min read
Sour Cream Coffee Cake
Ingredients 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter at room temperature 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar 3 extra-large eggs at room...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 20, 20222 min read
Double baked Chocolate Meringue Brownie
For the brownie 250 g unsalted butter, plus extra to grease 250 g dark chocolate, roughly chopped 300 g light muscovado sugar 5 large...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 20, 20221 min read
Beef Goulash
Ingredients 2 medium onions 2 tsp butter or lard if preferred 1 tsp cumin seeds 2 Tbsp paprika 1/4 cup flour 680 gms stewing beef trimmed...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 20, 20221 min read
Substitutes - Don't Panic!
No baking powder at home Make Your Own Baking Powder Substitute All you have to do is to mix ¼ teaspoon of baking soda with ½ teaspoon of...
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Manique Abayasekara
Nov 17, 20223 min read
Gyoza or Japanese Dumplings
Ingredients For the gyoza skins 300g/10½oz strong white flour, plus extra for rolling ½ tsp fine salt 200ml/7fl oz boiling water 1 tbsp...
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