Search


Pineapple Curry
Ingredients 1 pineapple a handful curry leaves 1 onion 2 pips garlic 2 green chilies a few mustard seeds a few cumin seeds 1/2 tsp...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 10, 20241 min read


Pineapple pudding
Ingredients 1 1/2 cups milk 3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk 3/4 Cup diced pineapple tin (if fresh put a little sugar) 1/4 cup agar agar...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 6, 20241 min read


Coconut Cake
(Bibikkan) - Sri Lankan Ingredients 225 g jaggery 225 g coconut 50 g semolina 100 g dates ½ teaspoon fennel 1 cardamom...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 6, 20241 min read


Naan recipe (Indian Bread)
Ingredients 500 gm bread flour 2 tbsp Yeast 1 tsp Salt 1 tsp Sugar 150 ml warm water 150 ml warm milk 2 tsp Oil 2 tbsp Yoghurt 2 tsp...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 4, 20241 min read


Rainbow Cake
Ingredients 2 ½ cups Flour 2 cups Sugar 2 ¼ tsp Baking powder ½ tsp Salt ¾ cup veg Oil 4 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 1 cup milk Red colour food...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 4, 20241 min read


Stuffed Tortillas
Ingredients a packet of Tortilla wrappers 2 potatoes 1 tin of green peas salt to taste 1/2 tsp chili powder 1 tsp unroasted curry powder...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 4, 20241 min read


Nescafe Cake
my sister Kissan’s method Ingredients 300 g Flour 1tsp baking power ½ tsp baking soda Salt a pinch 200 g butter 2 eggs 225 g sugar 2 tsp...

Manique Abayasekara
Oct 1, 20241 min read


Chocolate Vanilla Marble cake
Marble cake is a cake with a streaked appearance (like marble) achieved by very lightly blending light and dark batter. It can be a...

Manique Abayasekara
Sep 30, 20241 min read


Fried Chicken
Ingredients 1st lot of ingredients 2 chicken breasts 1 egg 1 tsp Garlic powder 1 tsp Ginger powder salt to taste 1 tsp cumin powder 1 tsp...

Manique Abayasekara
Sep 29, 20241 min read


Bread Pudding
Ingredients Take bread, 1 day old is better Enough milk to cover the bread 5 tablespoons Sugar 2 tsp Vanilla 2 eggs Handful of raisins if you like 5 tablespoons sugar for caramel Method Break bread into pieces in a bowl and pour milk over it to cover, break eggs into a small bowl, beat with a fork and mix into the bread, add sugar to taste and add vanilla and raisins. Take a Pyrex dish, put 5 tablespoons sugar and a little water and dissolve, then put in microwave on high for

Manique Abayasekara
Sep 25, 20241 min read


Baked Apple Pie Rolls
Ingredients For the apple pie filling you will need 4 apples 1/2 cup sugar Method Put this in a pan and leave on medium heat till sugar...

Manique Abayasekara
Sep 25, 20241 min read


No-Bake Chocolate Roll or Dessert
Ingredients 500 g biscuits 120 g sugar 250 ml milk 2-3 g vanilla sugar 150 g butter 60 g cocoa powder 140 g chopped chocolate Method Put...

Manique Abayasekara
Sep 24, 20242 min read


Onion Raita
Ingredients 1/2 cup Onion 1 Cup Curd/Natural Yoghurt 2 green chilies salt to taste 1 Tbsp Coriander leaves Method Rinse onion under...

Manique Abayasekara
Sep 24, 20241 min read


Lollipop Wraps
Aperitif for parties Ingredients 12 Tortillas wheat Fresh cheese spread baby Spinach leaves slices of Smoked Salmon slices of ham Tooth...

Manique Abayasekara
Sep 21, 20241 min read


My take on "Bites"
Ingredients Fresh garlic heads cashew nuts (Raw or roasted) Curry leaves Salt Chili powder/Paprika a little butter olive oil Method Clean...

Manique Abayasekara
Sep 18, 20241 min read


Microwave Chocolate Cake
Ingredients 130g flour 20g chocolate powder 2 tsp baking powder 150g butter 150g eggs (around 3 medium) 150g sugar Method Sieve flour,...

Manique Abayasekara
Sep 8, 20241 min read


Buckwheat Pancake Pie
ingredients Pancakes made with Buckwheat (Sarrasin in French) 1 tin Thon in red curry (tin fish) 1 small box Béchamel sauce tomato sauce...

Manique Abayasekara
Sep 8, 20242 min read


Chicken Biriyani
Ingredients Marinade for chicken biryani ½ kg chicken thighs/drumsticks/legs/or large pieces 3 tbsp plain yogurt/curd 1¼ tbsp ginger...

Manique Abayasekara
Sep 4, 20243 min read


Easy Puff Pastry Dessert
Ingredients 400 g puff pastry 80 g Nutella/Caotina Chocolate spread 200 g Raspberry 1 egg 10g brown sugar Method Take a baking tray and...

Manique Abayasekara
Aug 31, 20241 min read


Sausage Rolls
Ingredients 1 puff pastry roll - rectangular 25x42 cm (shop bought or home made) 1 packet of hot dog or Viennese sausages a little water 1 egg Method On oven to 220°C. Whilst oven is warming up, take a baking tray and lay out a baking paper and lay out the sheet of puff pastry on it. Take out the sausages on to a plate and place one sausage on the pastry and roll over it till covered. Take a little water and stick the pastry together. Then cut it into a long roll. If the saus

Manique Abayasekara
Aug 31, 20241 min read


Chicken Curry from BBQ marinated chicken
Ingredients 4 BBQ marinated Chicken Thighs 2 large Onions 1 tsp Fresh Ginger 1 tsp Fresh Garlic 2 green Chili hand full of curry leaves...

Manique Abayasekara
Aug 25, 20241 min read


Teriyaki Chicken Stir Fry
Ingredients 750g boneless skinless chicken breasts 3/4 cup Teriyaki Sauce, divided 1 tbsp Vegetable oil 2 tsp fresh garlic 2 tsp fresh...

Manique Abayasekara
Aug 25, 20241 min read
