Rambutan: Recipes From Sri Lanka

Rambutan: Recipes from Sri LankaBy Cynthia Shanmugalingam A BON APPETIT BEST COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR"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 LawsonMore than 80 lush Sri Lankan recipes for fresh dinners, cold drinks, and sticky sweets that prove small islands can bring big flavorsSince 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 the