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 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...