Room 05 · Aana Avanna Living Archive
Recipes, ingredients and kitchen knowledge from Tamil and Sri Lankan Tamil homes, with room for regional and family variation.
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Looking for practical Tamil school lunch ideas? Discover healthy Sri Lankan-inspired lunchbox meals, including rice dishes, String Hoppers, roti, wraps, sandwiches, snacks and simple packing tips to help busy families...
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Soft steamed rice-flour dumplings filled with coconut, jaggery and cardamom. Learn how to make traditional sweet kozhukattai or moda...
String hoppers — idiyappam — are the delicate steamed rice-flour nests that appear at Tamil and Sri Lankan breakfast tables alongsid...
Seeni sambol is the slow-cooked caramelised onion relish found on Sri Lankan breakfast tables and packed into roti and bread rolls a...
Pol sambol is the essential Sri Lankan condiment — freshly grated coconut mixed with red onion, dried chilli, lime and Maldive fish....
Jaffna Kool is the rich, tamarind-soured seafood broth of the north — a dish built from dried fish, crab, vegetables and roasted spi...
A deeply roasted Sri Lankan Tamil spice blend made with coriander, dried chillies, cumin, fennel, curry leaves and roasted rice — ou...
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