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By Home Cook, Sharmini Jayawardena Scones, are the first course on the Afternoon Tea ☕️ menu and is had with clotted cream and particularly, strawberry 🍓 jam 😋. The etiquette to be followed in having scones is that it should be fresh and possibly warm. The scone is picked up …
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This is my own recipe put together with hints and tips shared by friends. Nasi lemak, being a Malaysian milk rice made with pandan leaf and coconut 🌴 🥥 milk. In its traditional form, it is served on a banana leaf with the ikan bilis or anchovy sambal taking centre …
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By home cook Sharmini Jayawardena This delightful flat bread can be had as a main breakfast meal or for dinner or as a snack. Accompanied with one or all of the many Sri Sri Lankan sambols like lunumiris, katta sambol, seenisambol and pol sambol. It’s ideal along with any vegetable, …
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By home cook : Sumiitra Yiohan Sooriaarratchi Ingredients 1 large pomfret or two small pomfret fish (Cleaned and washed; remove the entrails of the fish so that the stomach section is hollow).2 tea spoons sea salt.2 large spring onions chopped.2 pieces of ginger (5 inches).2 sprigs coriander leaf (optional).Water for …
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By Home Cook Sharmini Jayawardena Dainty Tea Sandwiches, form part of the second tier on the three tiered serving tray which creates the centerpiece for Afternoon Tea. 🥪 ☕️ 🟤 Cucumber 🥒 tea sandwiches in square shape is the typical British Afternoon Tea delectable. The crust of the bread must …
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By Home Cook, Sharmini Jayawardena This is a most demanding of edible morsels I’ve ever encountered making 😳 To take you through the preparation involved in making petit fours, in a few steps to begin with are as follows: Make a Pound Cake in a large baking tray with out …
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By home cook : Sumiitra Yiohan Sooriaarratchi Ingredients 1 whole free range chicken (Cleaned and washed).2 tea spoons sea salt.2 spring onions chopped.1 piece of ginger (5 inches).1 bulb of garlic.2 table spoons sesame oil.Water for steaming – 2 cups – if you like more soup then add more water. …
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By home cook: Sumiitra Yiohan Sooriaarratchi Written by Sharmini Jayawardena A basic butter 🧈 cake recipe that will follow bellow, is the basis by which you can create other flavoured cakes like orange 🍊 cake 🍰 for example, by adding orange juice and orange zest to it. You can even make …
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By Sharmini Jayawardena Last week, I suddenly remembered my mother’s friend and colleague at Lady Irwin College, New Delhi, India, whom she used to speak of. https://www.leafblogazine.com/2017/12/16/my-mother/ I also remember having a taste of food prepared by her, at a friend’s spend-the-day, birthday party, for which they had got two …
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By home cook Sharmini Jayawardena This recipe is adapted from My Sri Lankan Recipes* via Pinterest. Dhal curry is easily the commonest dish prepared in Sri Lanka, with some households having it on their daily lunch menu! However, dhal is not grown in the Country. It is imported from India. …
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