with Mary Anne Mohanraj
Not technically lentils! But if you refer to them all as pulses (lentils, beans, peas…) you’ll be correct. 
Want to know more? “Dal is often translated as “lentils” but actually refers to a split version of a number of lentils, peas, chickpeas (chana), kidney beans and so on. If a pulse is split into half, it is a dal. For example, split mung beans are mung dal.”
The more you know!
https://indiaphile.info/guide-indian-lentils/
Could be a dessert, but it’s not.
I’ve started double-bagging the curry powder; it’s not quite as pretty this way, but I wanted a little more protection from puncture in transit. I fret.
Facebook has stopped trying to auto-convert my ‘sambol’ into ‘symbol’ every time. I don’t know if this is due to some programmer at Facebook learning a new word, or my relentless corrections beating the system into submission, but either way, I’ll take the win.
Hi, folks — I’m trying to put together a list of food bloggers, with the hopes of finding places who might want to interview me or have a guest post during the month of June, when we’re expecting to run the Vegan Serendib Kickstarter. Help?
Any suggestions for food bloggers / podcasters / favorite foodie magazines / etc. would be very welcome!
We’re trying a regular promotion this summer — buy a book (any print book, including the sci-fi, the romance, the literary fiction, not just the cookbooks), and get a half-dozen sweets to enjoy them with. Or curry powder, if you order on Sundays. Sweets will vary, depending on what I have on hand. Curry powder will be exactly the same every time.
Free passionfruit marshmallows with any print book purchase at the Serendib Kitchen shop today!
Nice meeting at Carnivore Oak Park, and it looks like they’ll be carrying Feast (hardcover & paperback), my hand-roasted Sri Lankan curry powder (small and large jars) and trying some Sri Lankan (and other) sweets. Woot!
Now, will they *keep* carrying them? I think that depends on whether people actually buy them. But it’s nice to start with, at any rate. The question is, what sweets should I bring them? I want them to be shelf-stable for a good long while. I’m currently thinking:
– dragonfruit chocolates with citrus
Those three are easy, because I know people adore them. Beyond that, I waffle a bit. Ideally, I’d like two more, so I can do a little sampler box. If you’ve had my sweets and have requests / suggestions, now is a good time to let me know! I’m planning to make sweets over the weekend and drop all the goodies off on Monday.
I have to admit, I was actually super-anxious about the roti cooking class today for no good reason — it’s just been a while since we did one, I think, and I was feeling out of practice and inept. (And in fact, we meant to record it and didn’t manage to, so sorry about that, folks — can’t post it! Tech, bah.)
But it actually went fine, the class itself was quite fun (esp. with Pooja Makhijani interviewing me through it), my roti taste good (the kids like them!), and I think I want to do more of these, get back in the habit again. But I also am not sure I have the brainpower to commit in advance to particular dishes. Hm.
Would there be any interest in a “Cooking Sri Lankan with Mary Anne” sequence of classes this summer? The idea would be something like:
– have Darius Vinesar attending so he can handle recording and also reading off chat questions to me; I can’t actually see the screen well enough to read them while I’m cooking
Thoughts? I could do one vegetarian / vegan sequence to start, and then maybe a non-veg if it went well and I decided to do it again.
I’ve finalized two items I’ll be offering at the May 2 Makerfaire this Sunday (11-4). My house, 332 Wisconsin Ave., the blue and purple house with the out of control spring garden.
• little jars of fresh-roasted Sri Lankan curry powder (no cayenne; add your own if you want it spicy), small jar $5; large jar $8
• confection treat boxes, $10: sesame-coconut-date balls, redbud and citrus white chocolate marshmallows, dragonfruit chocolates, coconut rock, cashew milk toffee
Aren’t the little hex jars the cutest? I die. I’ll also have Feast cookbooks for sale, of course!
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