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Manique Abayasekara
May 12, 20221 min read
Kokis or a Crispy savoury biscuit
Ingredients 1 cup Rice flour ¾ cup Wheat flour 1 thick cup Coconut milk Pinch Salt 1 tsp Cumin seeds Pinch of saffron Egg (optional)...
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Manique Abayasekara
May 11, 20221 min read
Cutlets or Fried Fish Balls
Ingredients 1 Tin fish 4 big Potatoes 2 green chili (optional) 1 large onion pepper salt 1 juice of a lime for the coating bread crumbs 1...
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Manique Abayasekara
May 10, 20221 min read
Pilau rice
Ingredients 1tsp cumin seeds 1tbsp ghee or oil 1 onion, peeled and chopped 4 cardamom pods 4 cloves 1tbsp turmeric 250g basmati rice 2...
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Manique Abayasekara
May 7, 20221 min read
Fresh Orange Juice
Ingredients 5 Fresh Oranges sugar if needed Orange Juicer machine Method Wash and cut oranges in half, Plug on the machine and keep half...
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Manique Abayasekara
May 7, 20221 min read
Yogurt dessert
from my sis in law Kalyani Goonetilleke Ingredients I tin condensed milk 500 ml yogurt 1 tbsp gelatine Can of any fruit-e.g.-peaches...
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Manique Abayasekara
May 7, 20223 min read
Cotton-soft Japanese sponge cake
(See below for double quantity) Ingredients 2/3 cup/85g all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons/56g unsalted butter 1/3...
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Manique Abayasekara
Apr 19, 20221 min read
Chocolate Biscuit Cake/Dessert
Ingredients 400g whipping cream 500g chocolate 1 pkt rectangular sweet or plain biscuits Method In a pan bring 400g whipping cream to a...
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Manique Abayasekara
Apr 19, 20221 min read
Russian/Condensed Milk Buttercream
This is a very easy recipe - just two ingredients Condensed Milk and Butter Ingredients 500 g salted/unsalted Butter 1 small tin...
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Manique Abayasekara
Apr 17, 20221 min read
Peach Jelly Dessert
Ingredients 2 (3 ounce) packages of peach flavoured Jelly 3 1/2 cups boiling water (total needed) 1 1/4 cups cold water 3/4 cup cold...
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Manique Abayasekara
Apr 14, 20221 min read
Easy 3 Ingredient Coffee Fudge
Ingredients 300g White Chocolate 1 tin condensed Milk (small size) 2 tsp instant coffee powder Method Grease and line a cake pan with...
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Manique Abayasekara
Mar 24, 20221 min read
No bake Cherry Cheesecake
Strawberry could be made like this too. Ingredients 1 can cherry pie filling (you can also make this – see recipe below) or use...
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Manique Abayasekara
Mar 21, 20221 min read
Coffee and Cream Jelly Dessert with Condensed Milk
you could use Agar Agar instead of gelatine Ingredients 2 Tbsp coffee Hot water steep together to make one cup strong coffee 3 cups cold...
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Manique Abayasekara
Mar 20, 20221 min read
Mini Pizza Mediterranean
Ingredients 100g Olive tapenade (paste) 40g full-fat cream cheese (Philadelphia) 1 Pizza dough ready to roll for base 20 g pine nuts 1...
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Manique Abayasekara
Mar 15, 20221 min read
Substitute for Butter-Milk
Don't have butter milk at home - Don't Panic - just make a substitute!! 1. BUTTERMILK substitute with cream of Tarter Add 1 3/4 teaspoon...
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Manique Abayasekara
Mar 12, 20222 min read
Blueberry cheesecake
Ingredients 50g butter 150g Biscuits (digestive) 1 tbsp cocoa powder 400g Double Cream Cheese (Philadelphia) 450g cream curd (I used...
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Manique Abayasekara
Mar 12, 20221 min read
How to make - Lemon Curd
Ingredients 3 lemons 1 1/2 cups sugar 113 g unsalted butter 4 extra-large eggs 1/2 cup lemon juice around 25 big lemons 1/8 teaspoon salt...
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Manique Abayasekara
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Chocolate Mousse with Biscuit base and topped with Jellied Raspberry
Ingredients For the biscuit base 100 g Speculoos/Graham crackers 80 g butter Method Melt the butter in the microwave and keep aside. Take...
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Manique Abayasekara
Feb 15, 20222 min read
Hand piped Roses with Royal icing
Things you will need Stiff Royal Icing - I used a packet of Royal icing with a little water Gel Food colouring Tooth pick No 13 Star tip...
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Manique Abayasekara
Feb 15, 20221 min read
How to make Royal Icing
Ingredients 3 Whites of Eggs (try to use fresh eggs) 450g icing sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract Method Sift the icing sugar and leave it...
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Manique Abayasekara
Feb 12, 20221 min read
Coin in Freezer - if frequent power cuts!
Why you should always put a coin in a frozen bowl/mug of water in your fridge. My take would be a small Pyrex container - no cracks or...
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Manique Abayasekara
Feb 7, 20222 min read
How to make a fondant baby
Needed Fondant skin tone 44 g for the head Fondant skin tone 44 g for the body Fondant skin tone 18 g for the legs (9 g each) fondant...
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