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Vadai or Vade - savoury fried snack
You could use Channa/chickpea Dal or Masoor/Red lentil dal Ingredients 1 cup Masoor Dal (Red lentils) or Chickpea(Channa) Dal ¾ cups Red Onions ½ tbsp Ginger 1 tbsp Green Chilli 2 tbsp Curry Leaves ½ tsp Chili Flakes ½ tsp Salt Oil to fry 1 tbsp Maldives dried fish -optional Method Wash and soak the dal at least for an hour, then drain the water and grind them in a food processor/bar mix. I take out a handful of soaked dal and keep aside. Then grind the balance, and then I a

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 11, 20221 min read


Grilled Prawns
Ingredients Prawns Lemon Garlic Salt Chilli powder Olive oil Chopped parsley Method Wash and devein the prawns. Line a baking tray with...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 11, 20221 min read


Chili Chicken
Ingredients 1 ½ cups of cashew nuts (optional) 6-10 dried chillies 1 1/2 kg chicken breasts 4 table spoons all-purpose flour Method for...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 10, 20221 min read


Brownies (Microwave)
Ingredients 2 1/2 cups (565g) sugar 1/2 cup (115ml) water 2/3 cup (115g) chocolate 70% or so, roughly chopped 1 1/2 cups (213g)...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 10, 20221 min read


Stir fried Noodles with Shrimp and Vegetables
Ingredients lb. raw, shrimps 3 tablespoons oil 3 cloves garlic 1 onion 1 head green cabbage 2 large carrots 1/2 leek 8 ounces Chinese...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 10, 20221 min read


Brownies - another method
Ingredients 100 g butter 300 g dark chocolate 4 eggs 130 g sugar a pinch of salt 1 pkt vanilla sugar 100 g flour 150 pecan nuts - I used...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 9, 20221 min read


Breudher
Ingredients For the bread dough: 350 g flour 1 tsp salt 1 egg 2 tsp sugar 2 tsp yeast 250 ml Luke warm milk For the cake part: 3 eggs 175...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 9, 20221 min read


Chicken Skewers with Teriyaki Sauce
Ingredients Chicken breasts Soy sauce Mirin Sake Sugar Honey (optional) Skewers For the Teriyaki sauce Add equal parts soy sauce, mirin,...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 7, 20221 min read


Christmas cakes Ideas-How to decorate
Make the Christmas cake recipe of your choice. Once the cake is ready, you add a bit of warmed jam and then add a rolled out piece of...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 7, 20222 min read


Teriyaki King Prawns
Ingredients 24 King Prawns 2 Tablespoons butter 1 1/2 Tablespoons teriyaki sauce spring onion for decoration nb. shrimp sauce for serving ...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 7, 20221 min read


Mixed fried rice
Ingredients Basmati Rice Water 1 egg - beaten 1-2 cloves garlic crushed Peppers 3 colours – chopped fine Coriander leaves – chopped A...

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 7, 20221 min read


Home made Chow Chow (Chayote) - Preserve
This can be used for your Christmas cake. Ingredients 620 g Chow Chow fruit 525 g sugar 1 tsp salt 250ml water Method Peel off skin of...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 31, 20221 min read


Raspberry Coulis
Ingredients 1/2 cup sugar 3 tablespoons water 1 lb fresh raspberries or 12 ounce bag of frozen raspberries, thawed Method Heat the sugar...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 30, 20221 min read


Waffles - another method
I was able to make 9 waffles with this quantity Ingredients 250 g Flour 3 pkts (24g) of Vanilla Sugar 100 g butter/margarine 3 eggs 1 1/2...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 29, 20221 min read


How to - Vanilla Sugar
Ingredients 200 g sugar 1 vanilla bean/pod 1 tsp cornflour/flour Method Cut vanilla bean/pod into pieces and add to the sugar. Then put...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 29, 20221 min read


Chocolate mousse with Raspberry Coulis
Ingredients for Chocolate mousse 330 g bittersweet (60-68%) chocolate, finely chopped (2 milk slabs and 1 dark slab) 2 sheets (4 g) sheet...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 29, 20222 min read


Zucchini Cutlets (Courgette)
Ingredients 4 small zucchini 1 carrot 1 potato salt 100 g cheese 3 pips garlic 2 Eggs pepper/salt/chili powder bread crumbs olive oil...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 28, 20221 min read


Love Cake
Ingredients 250 g cashew nuts (chopped fine) 300 g sugar 250 g butter 250 g semolina (coarse) 250 g pumpkin preserve (chopped fine) 8 egg...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 12, 20221 min read


Strawberry and Passion Fruit Jam
Ingredients 500g Strawberries 5 passion fruits 90 gm of Gelling Sugar-this contains pectin 100 gm Castor sugar 2 sterilised jars...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 11, 20221 min read


Stroop-waffles
Ingredients Waffles: 1/2 cup warm milk 1 package active dry yeast 4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting 3/4 cup granulated...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 4, 20222 min read


Waffles - Easy
Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 Tbsp sugar 1 Tbsp baking powder ¼ tsp salt 1 ¾ cups butter milk (420 ml) 2 large eggs ½ tsp...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 3, 20221 min read


Blueberry Jam
with this quantity I made 690g of Jam Method 500g Blue Berries 200 g sugar 20 g Gelling sugar (fruits2:1sugar) Jars/Bottles for the jam...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 3, 20221 min read
