Sri Lankan cuisine Archives | That’s What She Had

Monday Mornings Are for Coffee with Pol Sambol Toastie

Mondays were for grocery shopping. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays — for baking cakes and making jam, Thursdays and Saturdays for selling the said c...

Published: April 4, 2019

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Breaking Coconuts Like Nobody’s Business

A few months before my big fat Sri Lankan wedding I learned that according to local traditions one of my male family members had to break a coconut du...

Published: June 6, 2017

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Sri Lankan Kitchen Staples

I don’t want to sound nosy (which means I will totally sound like it!), but I love peeking into other people’s shopping carts while waiting in line to...

Published: May 19, 2017

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How to Eat Like a Sri Lankan

It was in a tiny roadside café in Sri Lanka that I first saw people eating with their hands. Growing up I have watched quite a few Bollywood movies wi...

Published: November 8, 2016

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Mung Kawum and the Story of My Relations with Sri Lankan Sweets

“Complicated” is probably the best way to describe my relationships with Sri Lankan sweets. While getting used to Lankan rice and curry wasn’t so hard...

Published: October 13, 2016

Everything You Need to Know About Sri Lankan Kiribath

My first memory of kiribath goes back to 2013 New Year celebrations in Sri Lanka. Not the kind of New Year you greet on the last day of Dece...

Published: July 18, 2016

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Yashasvi’s Rice and Curry, or in the Kitchen of My Favorite Foodie

If you are a foodie it’s very important to find a friend who is as obsessed with food as you are. Because taking an hour walk to a must-visit restaura...

Published: May 27, 2016

Sri Lankan Food: What You Should Know Before Your Visit

My first trip to Sri Lanka was a revelation in all possible meanings. I knew close to nothing about the country, its history, its people and its food ...

Published: May 24, 2016

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What Sri Lankan New Year Table Looks Like

For some people New Year starts in January, for others it starts in April. That came as a surprise on my first trip to Sri Lanka, when I found myself ...

Published: April 27, 2016

Traditional Sri Lankan lunch table | thefoodiemiles.com

Shashika’s Sri Lankan Rice and Curry

“I am cooking Sri Lankan, you are ok with Sri Lankan, right?” That’s how I met Shashika. Over lunch of rice and curry at her apartment which is s...

Published: December 18, 2015

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Sri Lankan cuisine

Monday Mornings Are for Coffee with Pol Sambol Toastie

Breaking Coconuts Like Nobody’s Business

Sri Lankan Kitchen Staples

How to Eat Like a Sri Lankan

Mung Kawum and the Story of My Relations with Sri Lankan Sweets

Everything You Need to Know About Sri Lankan Kiribath

Yashasvi’s Rice and Curry, or in the Kitchen of My Favorite Foodie

Sri Lankan Food: What You Should Know Before Your Visit

What Sri Lankan New Year Table Looks Like

Shashika’s Sri Lankan Rice and Curry

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