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The simple srilankan life through family, food and lessons learned along the way..

No curry powder-Sri Lankan village style beef curry(slow-cooked, naattu aviyal)- My mother-in-law's ridiculously easy beef curry with just half of the ingredients we usually use. It's her signature dish for any occasion.

No curry powder-Sri Lankan chilli beef curry(slow-cooked, naattu aviyal).

Sri Lankan three spice-raw/unroasted curry powder(thuna-paha).

Sri Lankan vegetarian chickpea curry also known as kadala curry - An easy dish to cook up for your meals. lankan spices, coconut milk based gravy, the dish makes a good substitute for dhal(parippu) curry.

Sri Lankan vegetarian chickpea curry(kadala curry).

Easy Sri Lankan egg curry- start with the gravy and then drop a few hard-boiled eggs. It's that easy.

Easy Sri Lankan egg curry(mildly spiced).

How to make Sri Lankan paratha(godamba roti)-a versatile, all-time favorite roti. once you've learned to make it at home, you'll never go back to buying them.

How to make Sri Lankan paratha (godamba)roti.

Healthy oven-roasted curry chickpeas with coconut flakes - breakfast, snack or as a simple topping for a bowl meal you'll find these chickpeas with a pinch of garam masala is a good vegan, vegetarian recipe.

Healthy oven-roasted curry chickpea snack.

Sri Lankan breadfruit curry(vegetarian, Vegan)- a delicious curry cooked in Sri Lankan curry powder and coconut milk, it's a milky curry that just needs to be tried, to understand why it's such a popular and memorable dish.

Sri Lankan breadfruit/del curry(vegetarian, Vegan).

Sri Lankan pumpkin curry in roasted coconut also known as "kalu pol wattakka", a much more creamier, thicker pumpkin curry than what you'll be accustomed to, try it.

Sri Lankan Pumpkin curry cooked in roasted coconut(kalup pol wattakka).

Stove-top creamy tuna pasta dish(Sri Lankan style,no dairy).