Rambutan: Recipes from Sri Lanka -- Cynthia Shanmugalingam - Hardcover

A true gift to anyone who reads it -Alison Roman
Delicious... this book makes me hungry -Yotam Ottolenghi
Glorious... like having an encouraging, enthusiastic friend with you in the kitchen as you cook -Nigella Lawson

More than 80 lush Sri Lankan recipes for fresh dinners, cold drinks, and sticky sweets that prove small islands can bring big flavors

Since Cynthia Shanmugalingam was a young girl, she has worked to piece together her sense of Sri Lanka, her ancestral homeland that she experienced through the wondrous flavors of her immigrant parents' kitchen in London. In Rambutan, these ingredients, methods, and tastes-combining Javanese, Malay, Indian, Arab, Portuguese, Dutch and British influences-come together to create an irresistible portrait of modern Sri Lankan cuisine.

In more than 80 recipes, Shanmugalingam takes her favorite parts of the island's culinary tradition and adapts them to be accessible and fun for the home cook: with dinners of sticky chicken buriani and crunchy fried potatoes with turmeric, desserts of mango fluff pie and milk toffee, and drinks of lemongrass lime soda and boozy tea cocktails, Rambutan is designed to deliver as much edible Sri Lankan joy as possible. Combining luscious recipe photography and stunning candids from the island, this exuberant guide is perfect for home cooks looking to explore the exciting Sri Lankan tradition in South Asian cuisine.

Author: Cynthia Shanmugalingam
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 10/11/2022
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.66lbs
Size: 10.62h x 7.37w x 1.25d
ISBN: 9781526646576

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/19/2022
Booklist 10/01/2022 pg. 20
Shelf Awareness 10/14/2022