Home Cooking

  Vish/Home Cooking Hoppers is a type of pancake made with fermented rice batter and coconut milk, popular in Sri Lanka. It is eaten most frequently for breakfast or dinner. Will you need   150 g of rice flour 5 tbsp of wheat flour a 1 tsp yeast  1 tsp sugar A little thick coconut milk little of salt  Way of making Put the rice flour in a bowl and add 5 tbsp of wheat flour (If you don't want to add wheat flour, add semolina) Vish/Home Cooking Add 1 tsp of yeast and 1 tsp of sugar to it and mix well.  Add a little thick coconut milk to it (If you don't have coconut milk, you can add a little water, but the best taste comes from coconut milk) You need a slightly liquid batter. Mix well so that there are no lumps. Cover this mixture and keep it for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes add some salt and mix well again. The mixture should be liquid, if it is thick add some coconut milk or water and make the batter. Now heat a pan and when the pan is hot, add some oil and wip...

Tea time recipe....  Vish/Home Cooking Semolina (Rulang) Toffee is a very yummy sweet that can be used for any occasion. Follow these simple steps to make a perfect Semolina (Rulang) Toffee.   Will you need 250 g of Semolina (Rulang) 300 g of sugar  500 ml of hot water  Salt (as your taste) 1 tsp of vanilla 1 tsp of butter Way of making  Vish/Home Cooking First, caramelize some sugar (you can also use jaggery instead of sugar) and after the sugar is well caramelized, add the rest of the sugar. After the sugar caramelizes and melts, add very hot water and mix well keeping the flame at a moderate level. After adding water, bubble it well and a little salt when it boils. Vish/Home Cooking Now add 1 tsp vanilla to it (instead of vanilla you can add a little crushed cardamom, cloves) Now add the Semolina (Rulang) to this, After adding the Semolina (Rulang) the flame should be reduced.  Now stir the mixture well and quickly (after adding the Semolina (Rulang), th...

  Vish/Home Cooking Will you need Wheat flour 300 g  One and a half teaspoons of yeast  A small onion  Two green chili pods A little curry leaves Two teaspoons of chili flakes 1 teaspoon of salt  Way of making  First, take a small bowl and put the yeast in it and add about 5 teaspoons of lukewarm water to it. (usually the water should be as hot as your finger can feel) Then stir it and keep it aside until the yeast blooms. Put the flour in a bowl and put the yeast in it. Add cut onion, green chili, curry leaves and chili flakes to it. Now while adding little hot water to it, knead the flour by hand (knead to a slightly sticky level) Then cover with a polythene and leave for about 45 minutes. Vish/Home Cooking   After 45 minutes, gather the flour mixture from wet your hands. Wet your hands well, break a small piece of flour mixture and make a ball. Spread the flour mixture ball on your fingers and make a little bigger hole by wetting your finger.  ...

  Vish/Home Cooking Woodapple is fruit of the common man grown in abundance here in Sri Lanka. The ripe woodapple takes on a dark brown color. Another way to find out whether the fruit is ripe is to shake it. When i t is ripped you can eat it with sugar. The unripe woodapple is brilliant as a pickle (achcharu)with a bit of chilly powder, sugar and a pinch of salt. Woodapple is wonderful in so many ways.  Woodapple is an underutilized fruit, having many health benefits. It is a natural source of antioxidants.  Vish/Home Cooking  These ripe woodapple fruits are best for consumption and preservation. Ripe woodapples can be used to prepare fresh fruit juice or can be preserved by making woodapple jam . The method of preparation is very easy. This thick sweet concoction is absolutely ambrosial on bread, roti or anything else as a spread with a bit of butter.  For me, woodapple jam brings out fond memories of childhood. Simple as that. Let's go into the details of...

Vish/Home Cooking There are many ways to cook jackfruit and this is one My all time favorites.   will you need Vish/Home Cooking  1 kg jackfruit pods milk from 1 coconut 3 tbsp black pepper 3/4 fenugreek seeds  10 garlic cloves  1 tbsp turmeric powder curry leaves rampa 7-8 green chilies  1 1/2 tsp salt  Way of making  Cut unripe yellow color jackfruit into small pieces. Clean the seeds and cut them into two parts. Place the jackfruit pieces and seeds in the vessel and add the garlic and 1/3 tsp of fenugreek.  Since this is an Ayurvedic recipe, the two special spices used here are turmeric and pepper. Add turmeric powder, curry leaves and rampa to it. Do not add red chili powder to this, add 7 to 8 pieces of cut in two green chili. Add milk as cover the jackfruit pieces and mix well. Now close the vessel and keep the stove on high flame and boil the jackfruit well. After about 3 minutes mix well and cook on low flame. After about 8 more ...

 Let's make Pani Kavum .... Vish/Home Cooking This recipe is a delicious sweet that can be prepared in just 15 minutes. Actually, this pani kaum (Oilcake) is a traditional sweetmeat in Sri Lanka, which is an energy-gaining food. We serve homemade kavum, kiribath, (milk rice), and plantains when we have tea parties on different occasions. All these are made with naturally found ingredients and are much healthier. Now let's make this sweetest oil cake. Actually, my recipe is easy to make and different from traditional recipe. Vish/Home Cooking Will you need Grated coconut        200 g Flour                        200 g Cardamoms                 03 Sugar                       100 g Salt                          1/2 tsp Oil Way of making F...

 Lest's make Aasmi Vish/Home Cooking A traditional Sri Lankan recipe, Aasmi is here to delight your mouth. This delicious sweet snack recipe is the most popular sweet in Sri Lanka and is served in literally all Sri Lankan festivals and special occasions. A deep-fried sweet, Aasmi is prepared with a conglomeration of coconut milk and rice flour, combined with the juice extract of cinnamon leaves and fried deep in the oil. What makes this Sri Lankan sweet even more interesting is the fact that after frying, it is given a resting time for a few days and again fried deep in the oil only to get light and crispy Aasmi. Topped with sugar syrup mixed with the color of your choice, makes it even more attractive for kids and adults and experience an ultimate sugar rush. Prepare this easy Aasmi recipe for your friends and family members.  This is a delicacy and attractive food. It has a crispy texture. I know most people love and enjoy this food after one eating. Because it has an amazin...

  Aluwa Recipe...  Vish/Home Cooking Aluwa is another Sri Lankan Sweet that can be enjoyed during Sri Lankan and Tamil New Year and festivals. By making some variation in the recipe, this is available as Kaju Aluwa, Kiri Aluwa or Pani Aluwa . However, it is called, white in color and is tastier and easier to make than other traditional Sri Lankan Sweets.  The mixture needs to reach the right consistency before it can be shaped. So the hardest part of making Aluwa is actually getting the mixture to the right consistency.  If the Aluwa is medium in size, it is easier to eat and tastes better.  As a Sri Lankan I enjoy Aluwa every year. It is really soft and delicious sweet. I like to taste the different flavors of the world. A recipe of a sweet in our country is shared to give a new taste to you food lovers. Vish/Home Cooking You will need   500 g of rice of flour  500 g of sugar  200 ml of water Two tablespoons of butter Four cardamoms  Salt...

Let's see h ow to make Kokis (Rosette Cookies) Vish/Home Cooking Kokis is a Srilankan traditional dish. This is an important dish when celebrating Sinhala and Tamil new year and festivals. Kokis is a deep fried, crispy Sri Lankan food made from rice flour and coconut milk.  Will you need   Rice flour                            200 g  Eggs                                           01 Sugar                                         01 tbsp Coconut milk  cup of        1 1/2 Turmeric powder               1/2 tsp Salt                                  ...