Chef, restaurateur and author Karan Gokani is stopping by the TODAY kitchen to make a few of his favorite recipes from his cookbook, "Hoppers: The Cookbook: Recipes, Memories and Inspiration from Sri ...

In Sri Lanka, a devilled dish is most often equated with “very hot!” This may be true, but devilling is also a method of cooking in which the main ingredient (vegetable, fruit or protein) is marinated ...

Combining Javanese, Malay, Indian, Arab, Portuguese, Dutch and British influences, the food of Sri Lanka is unique, spicy, fresh and often vegan-friendly. But it can be intimidating to navigate for ...

Before Karan Gokani visited the teardrop-shaped island of Sri Lanka, he expected the food to be reminiscent of South India. Instead, he discovered a melange of flavors influenced by Tamils, Sinhalese, ...

When Kolamba first opened in 2019, many diners who walked into the charming eatery in central London’s Soho district weren’t familiar with Sri Lankan cuisine. They thought it was just like Indian food ...

This recipe appears in the 20 most popular recipes of November 2025 collection. See all stories. Sydney’s only hatted Sri Lankan restaurant, Lankan Filling Station, closed last month, having been ...

Sri Lankan food, if it gets mentioned at all at restaurants, often gets lumped in with the Indian curries and rice dishes on the menu. Or if you want to cook Sri Lankan food at home, you won’t find as ...

Mary Anne Mohanraj missed a lot of things when she went off to college, but the thing she was most homesick for was her mother's cooking. When her parents immigrated to Connecticut from Colombo, Sri ...

Throughout May, SideDish is highlighting someone in the food industry who is of Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage in honor of AAPI Heritage Month. Our first Q&A featured Vi Henderson, the ...