WHEN THE PANDEMIC derailed the 2020 launch of her restaurant, Cynthia Shanmugalingam jumped a plane from London to Jaffna, Sri Lanka, and spent months in a “marathon of writing, researching, learning ...

Even if you knew nothing about Vijaya, her haunting portrait would likely give you pause. She peers out of the page, unsmiling, her silver hair pulled back and her eyes conveying an unspoken anguish.

Sri Lankan food, if it gets mentioned at all at restaurants, often gets lumped in with the Indian curries and rice dishes on the menu. Or if you want to cook Sri Lankan food at home, you won’t find as ...

Mary Anne Mohanraj missed a lot of things when she went off to college, but the thing she was most homesick for was her mother's cooking. When her parents immigrated to Connecticut from Colombo, Sri ...

In the last decade, Indian chefs have helmed some of the most innovative restaurants in America that go far beyond the ...

When Kolamba first opened in 2019, many diners who walked into the charming eatery in central London’s Soho district weren’t familiar with Sri Lankan cuisine. They thought it was just like Indian food ...

In Sri Lanka, a devilled dish is most often equated with “very hot!” This may be true, but devilling is also a method of cooking in which the main ingredient (vegetable, fruit or protein) is marinated ...

Sudheera (right) spent 10 years travelling to 2,000 villages and speaking to 5,000 senior citizens in Sri Lanka in a bid to compile the country’s lost recipes and food culture. — Photos: SUDHEERA ...

Curated Cuisine is a monthly series examining all things edible, from the chefs cooking the food to the writers reviewing the recipes. Meet the people shaping the food industry, both local and ...

This recipe appears in the 20 most popular recipes of November 2025 collection. See all stories. Sydney’s only hatted Sri Lankan restaurant, Lankan Filling Station, closed last month, having been ...