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Pancakes with Oats
Ingredients ½ cup milk ½ cup whole milk Greek yogurt 1 large egg 2 tbsp maple syrup/honey 1 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 cups...

Manique Abayasekara
Mar 20, 20251 min read


Stale Bread and Stewed Apple
Ingredients for stewed apples 2 apples 5 tbsp of sugar a knob of butter about 4 tbsp water fried toast 5 slices Stale bread 2 eggs 4 tbsp...

Manique Abayasekara
Mar 17, 20252 min read


Oven Fried/Baked Potatoes
Ingredients 4 large potatoes Mayonnaise Sauce Parmesan cheese Garlic powder (optional) Paprika powder (optional) salt to taste Method...

Manique Abayasekara
Mar 17, 20251 min read


Peanut/Cashew Brittle - Nougat
Ingredients 1 cup peanuts/Cashew nuts 3/4 cup sugar 2 tbsp Veg. oil a little lemon juice Method Put sugar and oil in pan and caramelise...

Manique Abayasekara
Mar 16, 20251 min read


Fresh Onion Leaf Sambal
Ingredients a bunch of Fresh Onion Leaves a handful of fresh coconut or desiccated coconut 1 or 2 green chilies lime juice pepper and...

Manique Abayasekara
Mar 16, 20251 min read


Strawberry Tiramisu
Ingredientsl 2 cups strawberries 1/3 cup strawberry jam 1/4 cup water 1/2 tsp balsamic vinegar/lemon juice 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream 1 cup mascarpone cheese 1/2 cup icing sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 21 Lady fingers or Sponge fingers Method Wash the strawberries, drain then take off the stalk and cut into two or slice them and keep aside till needed. In a medium bowl, combine mascarpone cheese, cream, sugar, and vanilla extract. Beat with an electric mixer on medium-high

Manique Abayasekara
Mar 16, 20251 min read


Waffles for Two
I made 7 waffles with this recipe using my waffle iron below. Ingredients 2 cups flour 1 tsp salt 4 tsp baking powder 2 tbsp sugar 2...

Manique Abayasekara
Mar 9, 20251 min read


Chocolate Coconut Peaks/Balls
Ingredients 1 small tin condensed milk 40cl 250gms desiccated coconut 200gms cooking chocolate slab Method Mix desiccated coconut with...

Manique Abayasekara
Feb 28, 20251 min read


Aubergine Curry
Ingredients 2 Tbsp Coconut oil 2 Aubergine (Egg plants) 1 Onion 6 cloves Garlic 1 piece Ginger 2 Tbsp Tomato Paste 1 Tbsp Curry Powder 1...

Manique Abayasekara
Feb 28, 20251 min read


Victoria Sponge
Ingredients 285g Self-raising flour 2.5 tsp Baking powder 285g Margarine 285g Caster Sugar 5 Eggs Raspberry or Strawberry Jam 2 greased...

Manique Abayasekara
Feb 26, 20252 min read


Salmon and Asparagus Baked in Foil
Ingredients 3 slices of Fresh salmon fillets (without skin) 500 g thin asparagus 3 tsp olive oil , divided Salt and ground black pepper...

Manique Abayasekara
Feb 25, 20251 min read


Celery and Potato Soup
Ingredients 5 Potatoes 3 Celery stalks 2 medium Onions 3 pips Garlic 1 soup chicken /vegetable cube 1 tbsp Olive oil Method Slice onion...

Manique Abayasekara
Feb 25, 20251 min read


Smoked Salmon and Goat Cheese Pinwheels
Ingredients 1 sheet of puff pastry (Home made/store bought) 100 g of smoked salmon 150 g goat cheese (cream or slices) 1 tbsp of chopped...

Manique Abayasekara
Feb 24, 20251 min read


Milk Rice (Kiri-bath) Sri Lankan style!
Ingredients 2 cups Red/White "Kekulu" Raw Rice if your red rice is too dark you can add half white "kekulu" Raw rice to make it pink...

Manique Abayasekara
Feb 22, 20252 min read


Coconut Sambal
Ingredients 1/2 pkt of grated Fresh Coconut 1 Onions 2 Green chilies 1 tsp Chili pieces 1 tsp Chili powder Maldives fish (Optional)...

Manique Abayasekara
Feb 22, 20251 min read


Chocolate Cherry Cookies
Ingredients 115 g butter 1 cup sugar 1 large egg 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder...

Manique Abayasekara
Feb 22, 20252 min read


Salmon Cakes
Ingredients For the bake: 1 or 2 slices of Fresh Salmon Olive oil Pepper Salt 2 pips Garlic For the mix: 1 Red Pepper 1 Onions 1 cup...

Manique Abayasekara
Feb 20, 20251 min read


Chocolate Cases with Chocolate Mousse
Ingredients Cooking chocolate ice cube tray a few chopsticks fresh strawberries chocolate mousse kindly see recipe *There are many...

Manique Abayasekara
Feb 20, 20251 min read


Date and Lime Chutney
Thanks to all my FB friends on Sri Lankan Food Lovers for the recipes that inspired me!! Before the preparation of this chutney - kindly...

Manique Abayasekara
Feb 17, 20252 min read


Fruit Sticks
Ingredients Grapes Stuffed or Plain Olives Cheese Cubes Cherry tomatoes Coloured Peppers cut into cubes Full pineapple fruit long...

Manique Abayasekara
Feb 6, 20251 min read


Chicken Legs Fried in Orange
You need a bit of time for this preparation!! Ingredients 1.5 cups orange juice 800g chicken legs 4 garlic cloves 1 tsp paprika 1 tsp...

Manique Abayasekara
Feb 2, 20251 min read


Stuffed Pancakes
This was made by Dewaki Nugawela when we visited once. Ingredients for the pancake 2 Eggs flour milk 1 tsp sugar 1 tsp salt 1 tbsp oil...

Manique Abayasekara
Jan 27, 20252 min read
