Serendib Kitchen

Bell peppers, chipotle. It’s the chipotle that takes it over the top.

Two boxes of Jiffy, with a bag of frozen corn and chopped green chilies mixed in. Easy, delicious.

I’m not sure there’s a quicker candy than dipping fruit in chocolate (and drizzling more on top) — I love the bang-for-the-buck you get with it. V. low effort, totally charming result. Dried sour cherries dipped in dark chocolate, drizzled with ruby chocolate.  

Kavi cuts the marshmallows. Passionfruit & dragonfruit. She approved of the subtle two-toned effect.

This is almost the same recipe for the vegan version as the non-vegan version — all I did to change it was take out the egg, and specify a vegan curry, rather than a meat one. *** Chopped Kottu Roti / Kottu Roti (30 minutes, serves 4) This is one of my favorite Sri Lankan

In goes a quarter cup of brandy — or in this case, Cointreau. I guess I’m just feeling orange-ish this year. Sometimes we do sherry. It’s all good. Now it’s all mixed together, covered, and left to soak overnight. Will bake after work tomorrow…  

Just one more ingredient for tonight’s prep — want to guess what it is?

There are so many options in our pantry… Marmalade, I think, and strawberry jam. Christmas should always have oranges, and strawberries make me think of the hill country in Sri Lanka…