Food Corner

Tea Review: Premium Taiwan Shan Lin Xi Oolong Tea from Nuvola Tea

2013-03-26T13:10:00.006+08:00

Shan Lin Xi Oolong Tea is another tea from Nuvola Tea. It is another Taiwan Tea grown at a height of 1600 to 1800 meters.

Sri Lankan Dried Fish Curry

2013-03-15T17:53:00.000+08:00

Dried Fish is popular in Sri Lankan cooking. We cook it as a curry, stir fry or even mix with some other vegetables. This is a simple mild spicy curry with dry fish. Adding some lime juice gives some aroma and a good taste to the curry.

Why I love my Food Blog and celebrating 2nd Blog Anniversary

2013-03-12T12:48:00.000+08:00

Today my blog turns into 2 years old. Though it is still 2 years old, I feel like I am blogging from many years. This blog has become a part of my life. Before 2 years ago, I just started this blog to share recipes in details. At that time, I already had my facebook page and it was becoming popular. But when I think of today, I spend more time on Food Corner blog than Food Corner facebook page.

Vegetable Chop Suey (Chopsi from Sri Lanka)

2013-03-08T17:34:00.000+08:00

Chop Suey is popular as a Chinese dish. However Chop Suey (Chopsi) has become a popular dish among Sri Lankans. Most of the time, we are able to buy this in Chinese restaurants in Sri Lanka. It is a collection of different vegetables and a good recipe to empty the fridge in a weekend. Vegetable Chop Suey well goes with a fried rice, deviled chicken and chili paste.

Cook like a Celebrity Chef - 5

2013-03-01T09:51:00.001+08:00

Here we are in 5th round of ‘Cook like a Celebrity Chef’. I am really happy to see that this event become popular and receiving more entries now.

Though we cook everyday & share them on our blogs or facebook pages, there are some simple tricks that we can use to improve the quality of the meals. Professional Chefs always use their own techniques to make their customers happy, and keep them coming back. So, the basic idea behind this event is to improve our culinary skills.

Sri Lankan Umbalakada Sambola (Chili Paste with Maldive Fish)

2013-02-27T18:11:00.003+08:00

Umbalakada Sambola is a delicious spicy dish from Sri Lanka. It is more likely a chili paste. Nowadays, Umabalakada Sambola plays a major role in most function menus.

Mexican Rice

2013-02-23T08:27:00.003+08:00

I wanted to try a different rice recipe and found this Mexican rice recipe from a website. It was really easy to cook and my house was full of aroma while cooking. The taste was delicious and I want to try this again.

Tea with Fresh Milk

2013-02-21T13:00:00.000+08:00

If Milk Powder is too expensive in Sri Lanka, use fresh milk!

Oh! My today post started like a political talk, isn’t it? :) No, I hate politics and I don’t want to talk about those politicians in my recipe posts. But I do have my own ideas. This is a post I wanted to share from some time. I remember once I received lot of forwarding emails from friends about rising price of Milk Powder. In this week I am receiving a same email from different friends about a Sri Lankan Milk powder brand and health risk of it. So, finally I decided to share this post and this post is specially for Sri Lankans. I am not sure how many Sri Lankans will read this, but I hope at least one person will get the benefit.

Taiwan Dong Ding Oolong Tea from Nuvola Tea

2013-02-20T13:26:00.000+08:00

Recently I had a chance to taste tea from Taiwan. I received tea packs from Nuvola Tea. Nuvola Tea is a company specializing in quality tea leaves of Taiwan. From the tea samples I received; first I tried Premium Taiwan Dong Ding Oolong Tea.

Gotu Kola Sambola/Gotu Kola Salad

2013-02-18T08:36:00.001+08:00

Gotu kola sambola/salad is a delicious and healthy dish from Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka, we have a habit of adding at least one green for our meal. Most of the greens are eaten raw as sambola/salad. One of the popular green leaves among them is Gotu Kola.

Have fun with FunBites-Cube it!

2013-02-15T16:57:00.002+08:00

Here is a fun & easy way to cut shapes in food. Recently I received square and heart-shaped cutters from FunBites to try and review. In this post, I am going to post my experience with Square shaped set. They named it as FunBites-Cube it!

Its really fun to use it. Earlier I used cookie cutters or knife to cut sandwich into small pieces. I had to do it one by one. But using this set, it is easy to slice a sandwich into small pieces in one try.

Valentine's Day Treats

2013-02-14T08:48:00.002+08:00

Happy Valentine’s Day!! For me, this month is so special. One reason is my husband’s Birth Day falls in February. This time, there is another reason to celebrate, I will share that soon. I couldn’t cook any special thing for this Valentine’s Day, but thought of sharing some last minute ideas in this post. When I checked my past recipes, I found that there are few ideas which suits for a special Valentine’s Day menu.

All these ideas are simple and can prepare within few minutes. Also most recipes are with few ingredients. So, if you look for quick and last minute Valentine ’s Day ideas, I am sure you can pick some ideas from this post.

Pera Achcharu / Spiced Guava

2013-02-12T10:06:00.000+08:00

Spiced Guava is a popular street food in Sri Lanka. We commonly call it as ‘Pera Achcharu’.Not only guava, we like to eat pineapple, mango, ambaralla or even ‘Veralu’ (Sri Lankan olive) with some spices added. I remember, during the school days we used to buy these from street vendors near the school. They dice fruits and add chili, salt and sugar mixture into diced fruits. We could buy a bag of ‘Achcharu’ for few rupees.

Roasted Vegetables with Garlic and Cilantro Yogurt Dip

2013-02-08T13:30:00.000+08:00

Vegetables are always a healthy meal option. Here I roasted some vegetables with some herbs/spices. This is good as a healthy appetizer and can be prepared in few minutes. It looks appealing when add different colorful vegetables.

Be My Guest

2013-02-08T09:37:00.006+08:00

Guest Bloggers are wanted!

Here is an opportunity for you if you like to be a guest at Food Corner. I am going to post a series of Guest Posts on Food Corner. Hope you like to be a guest for this series and guest posts will be featured during the weekends. I’m always interested in receiving well-written posts from different bloggers around the world.

Sri Lankan Red Rice Porridge/Rathu Kakulu Hal Kanda

2013-02-07T10:16:00.001+08:00

This Red Rice Porridge is cooked as per a recipe I remember from Sri Lanka. I am not very sure if this is the authentic Sri Lankan Rice Porridge, however this is well matching with Sri Lankan taste. Once I was sick and my mother asked me to have ‘Lunu Kanda’ which is cooked using rice. That time, I lost my appetite but I liked this porridge (Lunu Kanda).

I cooked it again as per the recipe I remember.

Boiled Tapioca with Chili Pepper Sambola / Manyokka samaga Kochchi Sambola

2013-02-05T12:01:00.000+08:00

Boiled Tapioca or Manioc is a famous dish in Sri Lanka. This is not only served as a breakfast, even it is served with rice and curry for lunch or dinner. Manioc is commonly called as Manyokka in Sinhalese.

Boiled Manioc/Tapioca well goes with Sri Lankan Lunu Miris, Kochchi Sambola or with any spicy fish curry. Also serve some fresh grated coconut with it.

Cook like a Celebrity Chef - 4

2013-02-02T12:00:00.001+08:00

Here we are in 4^th round of ‘Cook like a Celebrity Chef’. I am really happy to see that this event become popular and receiving more entries now.
Though we cook everyday & share them on our blogs or facebook pages, there are some simple tricks that we can use to improve the quality of the meals. Professional Chefs always use their own techniques to make their customers happy, and keep them coming back. So, the basic idea behind this event is to improve our culinary skills.

Event received so many entries this month,I am really happy & I visited all the blog posts. However due to 2 weeks of holiday in Sri Lanka and due to problem with my internet connection, I could not comment on each post, But I tried to comment on all as I can.Really happy to find many new recipes and new blogs...

Agar Agar Recipe Contest - Extended until 28th February

2013-02-01T00:30:00.000+08:00

We received few emails regarding difficulty to find Agar Agar in market. Therefore after discussed with the sponsor, the closing date for the Agar Agar Recipe contest is extended from another month.

So far we have received around 18 entries. But we believe this is a less count when considering of giving 5 gifts from the sponsor.

Marine chemicals will start selling Agar Agar on ebay soon, so if you cannot find Agar Agar locally, please contact them.

Here are the gifts you will receive.

Sri Lankan Knol Khol Curry (Mild Spicy)

2013-01-31T14:15:00.000+08:00

Knol Khol also known as Kohlrabi is a vegetable which we can easily find in Sri Lanka. We call it as Nokol (නෝකෝල් ).It is a vegetable rich in minerals and dietary fiber. In Sri Lankan Cooking, there are few different methods to cook Knol Khol. This recipe is for a simple and mild spicy Knol Khol curry.

Habala Pethi Kanda/ Sri Lankan Rice Flakes Porridge

2013-01-30T10:56:00.001+08:00

Habala Pethi is the Sri Lankan name for Rice Flakes. This is also known as Poha or Aval. Habala Pethi is made by pressurising or beating the parboiled rice. Therefore it looks like flattened. In Sri Lanka, I have seen Habala Pethi made out of red rice which is high with nutrients value.

Guava Pudding with Agar Agar for Valentine’s day

2013-01-28T18:53:00.000+08:00

I am back with a recipe for Valentine’s day. It is too early to post recipes for Valentine’s day, but I feel bit lazy to start work after a holiday in Sri Lanka. This is a simple recipe using Guava and Agar Agar.

I brought some Guava (Pera) from Sri Lanka and want to utilize them in different recipes other than eating them raw. These small guavas taste much than the bigger sized one.

Organic Tie Guan Yin “Iron Goddess” Oolong Tea from Teavivre

2013-01-24T16:00:00.000+08:00

This Tea Review is about another great product from Teavivre.

Sri Lankan Curry Recipes

2013-01-21T10:52:00.000+08:00

Here are few Sri Lankan Curry recipes which I tried before. These Curry recipes are quick and easy to prepare and well matching with rice or bread.

Events for this month

2013-01-18T17:30:00.000+08:00

Here are the events happening for this month.

Agar Agar Recipe Contest –Join with the contest and win 5 gifts from the sponsor and some blog awards

Cook like a celebrity Chef- This is a really interesting event,join and see who will get the awards for this month.

If you host any event in your blog,please link them in my events list.I am very happy to participate.

I am away from the blog for few days’ vacation. Please link your recipes and entries for the events.I will check them all once come back.

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