Recipes & stories
Recipes, rice-variety guides, cooking tips and the stories of the families who grow and mill the rice you eat.
A bowl of milk rice marks every important moment in a Sri Lankan home. Here is how to make it the way the grandmothers do, and why Keeri Samba is the rice for it.
1 min read · May 8, 2026
Long, slender Basmati gets all the credit — but the right Sri Lankan samba can stand right alongside it. A simple guide to picking and cooking the perfect biryani grain.
1 min read · Apr 26, 2026
Sri Lanka's iron-rich heirloom red rice has been feeding families for generations. Here's why doctors quietly recommend it, and how to cook it perfectly.
1 min read · Apr 12, 2026
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