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6 Sri Lankan Food Recipes which are Easy to Cook – written by Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi Source:-foodcnr.com AMILA GAMAGE WICKRAMARACHCHI Amila Gamage is the blogger behind Food Corner. She is a Sri Lankan living in Singapore and shares her cooking adventures in this blog. Apart from recipes,you will also find travel,health and kitchen inspirations in this blog. She is the founder of Sihela Consultants.(www.sihelaconsultants.com) She started writing this blog in 2011 and still continuing. Sri Lankan Food Recipes which are Easy to Cook 1. Kiribath (Milk Rice) Kiribath or milk rice is prepared in a variety of ways. The basics include boil a pot of rice first. Add coconut milk and salt before the rice finishes cooking. Once a sticky consistency is observed, cut into wedges and serve like slices of cake. Easy, ha? It is delicious too! Ingredients (4 portions) 4 cups of raw white rice Thick coconut ...

Dietary Fibre – By Harold Gunatillake Let’s talk about dietary fibre, today. Did you know that plants are held erect from its fibre content? So, all dietary fibre seems to come from plants and pulses, nuts, seeds and fruits of such plants. Same plant fibre is used for coarse textiles, and the cotton shirts you wear. Dietary fibre or roughage is the portion of plant-derived food that cannot be completely broken down by human digestive enzymes.The carbs you eat containing starch and polysaccharides from plants and roots, in simple and complex forms, is your main source of energy. These carbs are digested through pancreatic enzyme called amylase and absorbed through your gut for energy as glucose and fructose. Although it’s best to get fibre from food sources, fibre supplements can also help you get the daily fibre you need. Examples include psyllium and methylcellulose. Increase your fibre intake ...