Sri Lankan food is incredibly good – and extremely hard to find in this country Credit: Photo: ANDREW CROWLEY Sri Lankan food is incredibly good – and extremely hard to find in this country. It shares ...

Chef Sudheera Bandara travelled to 2,000 villages and spoke to 5,000 senior citizens to uncover lost Sri Lankan recipes.

1. To prepare the curry powder, roast the coriander, cumin and fennel seeds and peppercorns in a dry pan over a low-medium flame for one or two minutes, stirring regularly, until really fragrant. Pour ...

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WHEN THE PANDEMIC derailed the 2020 launch of her restaurant, Cynthia Shanmugalingam jumped a plane from London to Jaffna, Sri Lanka, and spent months in a “marathon of writing, researching, learning ...

Must try street food in Sri Lanka. Today we tried our first kottu roti and isso vada, two incredibly popular Sri Lankan street foods in Colombo.

"Sri Lanka has been a multi-ethic society for over 2,000 years, with neighbors of different ethnicities, languages, religions, living side by side. We try to teach our children to be welcoming to all, ...

The weekend is right here, and so are our cravings for all things delicious. It's a time when we feel like pampering ourselves and fulfilling our deepest foodie desires. While some prefer to stick to ...

After first visiting Sri Lanka in 2004, writer and photographer Jon Lewin was there when the devastating Boxing Day tsunami hit the region and owes his survival to the kindness of the Sri Lankan ...

The timing couldn’t have been more poignant. Here I was, spending the last few days engrossed in this wonderful cookbook-cum-memoir called Rambutan by Cynthia Shanmugalingam, hungrily taking in every ...