I have a special place for Sri Lankan cuisine in my heart. While it has some similarities to the ways Tamilians eat in India, in Sri Lanka, dishes are robust and laced with spices, with emphasis on ...

Creamy coconut milk and homemade spice blends run through this warming kukul mas maluwa, inspired by a grandmother’s cooking. By Samantha Seneviratne The fresh coconut milk that made my grandmother’s ...

Chef O Tama Carey was serving dishes in her Sydney restaurant recently when a customer asked her a simple question: “What’s in the cashew curry?” “And I said, ‘Cashews. It’s a cashew curry.’ And they ...

From Issue Two of the Gear Patrol Magazine. Subscribe today for 15% off the GP Store. “Curry” is a versatile but elusive word to define, especially in Sri Lanka. While it generally means a mix of ...

It’s about time Sri Lankan ("Shree-Lun-kan") cuisine developed a reputation independent of its more assimilated neighbor India's. As spicy as Thai food, but light like Mediterranean, Sri Lankan food ...

At the top of Point Pedro market, a few miles from my parents’ house at the northern tip of Sri Lanka, you’ll find a storey of fruit and vegetable sellers. In the airy building, some feet away from ...

A few weeks ago I was drinking tea at a shop in Alhambra, and a man seated near me mentioned he was from Sri Lanka. I asked him if there were any Sri Lankan restaurants he particularly loved around ...