As lovers of all things hot and spicy, every south Asian country has their own version of a chili sambal. In Malay cuisine it may be the slightly sweet and spicy deep red sambal chili served with nasi lemak. In Chinese cuisine the tangy and spicy chili that is served with a Hainan chicken rice. In …
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Sri Lankan Sardine Salad
If the amount of sardine tins inside my luggage after each Lankan holiday is of any witness, you'll agree that there's nothing that tops Lankan tinned sardines aka tin maalu. Packed in brine water, as opposed to oil or tomato sauce as in most other countries, I am pretty sure every Lankan would …
Winged bean salad
Winged bean salad Though I recall having a winged bean (dambala) vine in our backyard in Sri Lanka, it was never a personal favorite. But like most things, distance made the heart grow fonder when I left my parental home and relocated my roots to Singapore. So when I couldn't get my hands on …
