STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Rich curries layered with heat and the soothing, cooling drinks that come along with them are among the hallmarks of Sri Lankan restaurant cooking on Staten Island. But which ...
If you consider yourself a fan of spicy foods but you've never had the pleasure of eating a dosa, I pity you. A dosa is a savoury pancake made from a batter of ground lentils and rice. But comparing ...
Chef, restaurateur and author Karan Gokani is stopping by the TODAY kitchen to make a few of his favorite recipes from his cookbook, "Hoppers: The Cookbook: Recipes, Memories and Inspiration from Sri ...
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 ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Significant developments are happening lately in Staten Island's Subcontinent cooking. We started a few decades ago with Taste of India II in New Dorp, one of the original ...
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 ...
When you order Pongal at Sri Ganesh’s, you get an entire vegetarian ensemble. I was making my periodic pilgrimage to Sri Ganesh’s Dosa House — on the Indian strip along Newark Avenue in Jersey City — ...
Pol roti is one of my favorite flatbreads from Sri Lanka. I love how unassuming this rustic roti is and often include it in my cooking classes and demos because students are blown away at just how ...