Serendib Kitchen

Hey, folks. You’re all cordially invited to this event.  Cooking Kale Sambol : Online Event Thursday, June 11, 2020 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Travel to a distant, delicious land: Sri Lanka! Waves of immigration from China, England, the Netherlands, and Portugal influenced the unique island cuisine of Sri Lanka. Professor and author Mary Anne

Roti or love cake?? Hey, bakers. So at Serendib Kitchen, we’re planning on two things coming up soon: – a baking video created as a sort of joint demonstration / interview with Pooja Makhijani (probably no audience / participants for this one) – a bake-a-long (up to 20 participants who sign up in advance, get the recipe

Hope everyone reading had a quiet night. I was grieved to read of a death at the North Riverside mall yesterday; I hope we can swiftly move forward towards justice without further bloodshed. It’s the last week of school here; I woke up before Anand for a change, and decided to exert myself a bit

So, if you remember, I made some badly-overcooked cod. I can’t stand throwing out food, but I also hate eating bad food. I was hoping I could figure out a way to make it vaguely palatable, so I went looking, and it seemed like the uses for overcooked cod mostly fell into one of these

So, this was kind of a disaster, trying to make Sri Lankan marinated cod, baked in banana leaves, because the fish itself did not cook well. But the overall *process* was okay, I think, so I’m documenting. I started with some onions, ginger, garlic, finger hot chilies, pureed them in the food processor, added lime

Food brainstorming help? Specifically, I’m getting ready to start making items for the Patreon June subscription boxes, and I realized that I’m not sure what food items will be safe to ship in heat. Especially since even Priority Mail shipping seems to sometimes be delayed a few days due to the pandemic — I’m imagining

I don’t really have a recipe for this, more of a process? This is a pretty standard thing I make for the family almost every week, and as people are getting a little bored with their pandemic cooking, thought this might be useful. ***** Chicken with Veggies and Rotini, maybe in a Cream Sauce, if

No real recipe — mixed greens, red and yellow beets, goat cheese, orange segments, redbud blossoms, citrus dressing. Tasty, pretty. 

Kevin made creme brûlée for Kavi’s French-themed birthday, and Kavi got to try torching for the first time. She excitedly texted her friends afterwards: “I got to use a flamethrower!”