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Creamy Green Gram Milk Rice : A Festive Treat – By Malsha – eLanka Ingredients: 400g White Raw Rice 125g Green Gram 2 ½ to 3 cups Thick Coconut Milk 2 teaspoons Salt 4 cups Water Method: Begin by soaking the green gram overnight, ideally for at least 12 hours. Thoroughly wash the soaked green gram before use. Similarly, wash the raw rice meticulously and place both the rice and green gram in a cooking pot. Add enough water to cover the rice and green gram, then cook as you would for normal rice. While the rice cooks, mix salt with coconut milk, ensuring an even distribution of salt throughout. Once the rice is cooked, add the salted coconut milk to the pot. Stir continuously until the mixture thickens and absorbs all the coconut milk. Ensure the green gram is cooked adequately before turning off the flame. Transfer the creamy ...

May 7, 2024 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Recepies, Malsha Madhuhansi Tagged , , , ,
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A short story- The Sinhala Avurudu Auspicious time-  අවුරුදු නැකත  By Dr Palitha Ganewatta, Sydney, Australia         Nayana stared at the clock on the wall and thought that time was passing very slowly today. She put two Pyrex dishes on the table after washing and wiping them with a white cloth hung on the pantry cupboard hook. A little after washing the rice-cooker she thought, it was still too early to cook the milk rice. The auspicious time for eating was at 1.46 a.m. and the cooking of the first meal would be 27 minutes past midnight. Nayana decided to plan for cooking the milk rice immediately after midnight. It was about an hour since she took some brown rice and the packet of ‘Maggie’ coconut milk, which she had bought from the Asian shop the day before and placed them on the table. Her worry was how to wake ...

Apr 10, 2024 Posted by In Articles, Dr Palitha Ganewatta Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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6 Sri Lankan Food Recipes which are Easy to Cook – written by Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi Source:-foodcnr.com AMILA GAMAGE WICKRAMARACHCHI Amila Gamage is the blogger behind Food Corner. She is a Sri Lankan living in Singapore and shares her cooking adventures in this blog. Apart from recipes,you will also find travel,health and kitchen inspirations in this blog. She is the founder of Sihela Consultants.(www.sihelaconsultants.com) She started writing this blog in 2011 and still continuing.   Sri Lankan Food Recipes which are Easy to Cook 1. Kiribath (Milk Rice) Kiribath or milk rice is prepared in a variety of ways. The basics include boil a pot of rice first. Add coconut milk and salt before the rice finishes cooking. Once a sticky consistency is observed, cut into wedges and serve like slices of cake. Easy, ha? It is delicious too! Ingredients (4 portions) 4 cups of raw white rice Thick coconut ...

Aug 29, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , , , ,
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Cultural factors associated with Tamil Hindu New Year By DR. SUBASHINI PATHMANATHAN   Hindu Tamils in Sri Lanka are mostly connected to the South Indian festive culture and traditions. Each Hindu year has a particular name from ancient times. The total number of the Hindu Year is 60. The different 60 years routinely follow one after the other in the Hindu Panchaangam calendar (Hindu almanac.) Tamil Hindus from time immemorial have closely associated themselves with Astronomy and Astrology. Each New Year of the Hindu calendar is repeated after 60 years with the same name. Weeks before the New Year, people clean, whitewash and polish their houses and household items. They discard unwanted items with the expectation to bring in positive vibrations to the house. Movements of Sun The Hindu New Year normally falls around April 13 or 14 of every year. The month of April is known as Chithirai in ...

Apr 11, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , ,
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