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Seasonal Fruit – Mango Ice Cream Recipe

So this is a Three-ingredient mango ice cream made with mangoes, fresh cream and sugar/honey. Yes vanilla is also added, which makes it the fourth ingredient. But its entirely optional and you can simply skip it. How to make mango ice cream 1: peel and chop the mangoes and add them in a blender or […]

Coconut Toffee – පොල් ටොෆි

This is a more tastier version of the traditional Sri Lankan Coconut Toffee. A serenading feeling on your taste buds with the bursting flavour of milk infused Coconut. An experience to be yours by following few simple steps with a handful of ingredients. Ingredients: 300 Grams Grated Coconut  Directions: Step 1 – First butter the tray, […]

Sinhala and Tamil Aluth Avurudda Traditions

The Sinhala and Tamil Aluth Avurudda has been one of the most significant annual festivals for both Sinhala and Tamil communities, since time immemorial. Its exact beginning is lost in history but Robert Knox, English trader and sailor, recalls that Aluth Avurudda was a major annual festival of the Sinhalese, celebrated grandly with royal patronage, […]

Fruit of the season – Mango Smoothie

If you use fresh mango then make sure you’re using a frozen banana in the recipe to keep the smoothie nice and thick and cold. But if fresh mangoes aren’t available or in season, then absolutely use frozen mango. If you use frozen mango, you can use a fresh banana. In other words, just make […]