Raisins are one of Mister C’s current favourite foods. They are the bane of my existence, I find the little black shrivelled masses everywhere. They’re especially hard to clean out off the black leather seats in my car. Having said that they usually keep him calm for extended car trips, relieve the sudden onset of…
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Loku Amma’s Eggplant Pickle
Years ago, when we’d first moved to Australia my parents, my sister and I took a trip to Paddy’s fruit and vegetable markets at Flemington in Sydney. We drove in my dad’s newly purchased yellow Nissan Pulsar. We parked it in one of the giant concrete parking towers and braved Paddy’s. It was an assault…
Sri Lankan Beef Curry
I was an incredibly fussy eater as a child. The list of foods I didn’t eat was a lot longer than those that I did. I was very anti tomato. I despised mushrooms and if there was anything in my rice; turmeric, vegetables or sultanas (ahhh) my poor parents would have to ask for plain.white.rice….
Sweet Potato Soup with Capsicum and Spicy Sausage
While I was pregnant with young Master C, I took a trip to Australia and spent some quality time with family and friends. During this holiday I took the chance to catch up with the lovely teachers I completed my MTeach qualification with. We decided to meet in Surry Hills at a lovely cafe. I,…
Nelum Ala (Lotus Root)
I was listening to a show on NPR here (national public radio, kinda like the ABC if you’re in Australia) where the Asian American author of novel Soy Sauce for Beginners, Kirsten Chen, bonded with the Indian American newsreader over their being tied to two different cultures. Here were two educated, well respected women who…
Bourke St Bakery Style Sausage Rolls
A friend recently asked my what traditional ‘Aussie’ food was and my immediate reply was meat pies and sausage rolls. I don’t know that they’re uniquely Australian, the English eat pies after all. But to me, pies and sausage rolls speak of Australia. Hot pies in metal cases streaming out of the canteen, eating…
Moroccan Meatballs with Egg and Tomato
In my humble opinion, nobody does cooking shows quite like the British. Paula Deen, butter and all, has nothing on Nigella. The Pioneer Woman’s frontier is pretty amazing but doesn’t quite have the appeal of River Cottage or Hugh and his curly locks. And really, can anyone compare to Jamie Oliver (the correct answer is…
Maalu Paan
A few interesting factoids about growing up Sri Lankan in Australia. You learn to eat chilli before you can walk You learn to love really hot, really sweet tea in all kinds of weather Mc Donalds is not approapirate road-trip food, Maalu Paan or any other form of “short-eat” is. We grew up going away…
Curry Leaves
When we left Sydney I had to leave my beautiful curry leaf plant behind. It was so handy being able to pop into the garden, tear off a sprig and run back in to pop it into a curry. I don’t have that luxury here. I suspect the climate gets far too cold for curry…
Pork Dumplings
I remember this one time when we lived in Homebush West, our cousin Ruvi dropped by for dinner. She’d spent the weekend with some friends who’d taught her how to make dumplings. She came over, straight from work armed with 100g of mince from the uber-fancy butcher at Rhodes Shopping Centre. Poor Ruvi was mortified,…
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